Friday, December 13, 2019

Vertigo!

Image result for vertigo movie


Sorry, no post today. I had to respond to a minor medical emergency when daughter Jarlsberg had a crippling attack of vertigo. So I'm away from my toys and tools (and forgot to bring my iPad charger) and will be largely incommunicado.

Positive thoughts and prayers for daughter J are appreciated. As for me, I DID pack a jug of Clan MacGregor, so I've got that going for me!

13 comments:

M. Mitchell Marmel said...

Just be glad you're not re-enacting the pigeon scene from "High Anxiety"...

Bobo the Hobo said...

“You want to know something? I don't think Mozart's going to help at all.“

Parker said...

May the good Lord bless you, and keep you, and make his face to shine upon you.

Rob said...

Prayers for your daughter and you.

Kent Whitehead said...

Prayers for your daughter, and for you......it sucks to watch your kid go through that. Go easy on the Clan, you having vertigo wont help her!

TrickyRicky said...

Hope all is well with the younger (and the older) Jarlsbergs. Health issues are never fun, but especially bothersome during the cold of winter and hubbub of the holidays.

The Vertigo photo reminded me of how smoking hot Kim Novak was in that movie. Wow!

igor said...

Get better, Daughter Jarlsberg. Gotta keep Daddy on the Straight and Narrow. It's a tough job, but SOMEbody has to do it.

Anonymous said...

Hope all goes well and this doesn't spin out of control.

may all your friday the 13ths be fearless and merry Christmas!

--mech

Country Boy said...

Hopefully it's just temporary benign vertigo. I get hit with that occasionally and while un-nerving, it's easily treated.

DougM said...

Best wishes.
Careful with the Clan McGregor, Stilt,
or you'll both have vertigo issues

Anonymous said...

Stay strong!

Stilton Jarlsberg said...

@Readers- I'm back in my Texas saddle, and all seems to be going well now in Oklahoma (if you hear the sound of knocking on wood, that's me). When the vertigo first hit my daughter, she couldn't stand, walk, or even move her head and the world felt like "the spinning teacup ride from Hell." She had to call her apartment management to unlock her front door, which then allowed paramedics to come in and carry her on a stretcher to the ambulance, and then to the ER.

Thankfully, by the time I reached Oklahoma (about 4 hours), the ER staff had her stabilized to the extent that she could sit upright, move (barely) with help, and probably didn't have any more stomach contents to upchuck (the ER staff gave her some motion tests, and I hope they weren't wearing their good shoes).

She was very unsteady at home, but at least the world wasn't a cyclone for her. And the next morning she woke up feeling much better! Then 10 minutes later, she was back in the vortex. She took her meds and went back to bed for much of the day. On arising, she was doing better - a great relief, as I'd had a long time to think about how our lives would change if she could no longer drive, work outside the home, or possibly even get out of bed. I pride myself on being a very thorough worrier.

She had no further relapses after that, and the next morning we saw the doctor who confirmed the fluid build up in her ears, and instructed her to take the high-powered antihistamines (which are also pretty efficient knock-out pills) which the ER staff had prescribed (she had been told "take these for dizziness," but hadn't really had the mechanism made clear to her).

After 48 hours with no recurrence of vertigo, it seemed safe for me to drive back to Texas - which isn't easy when you've got your fingers crossed for good luck. And now, here I am - trying to plug back into the world. I missed almost all news last week, as my daughter's home has neither radios nor TV. News was available on my smartphone, but I had other priorities at the time.

No matter how often Life reminds us that "everything can change in a moment," each new incident feels like a fresh (and frightening) wake up call. So I've got plenty to think about for awhile...as well as an enormous sense of gratitude that things seem to be getting back to normal, and that there are so many people who expressed support for my family. I love you guys and, should we ever meet in person, I will treat you to better liquor than I drink myself. -Stilt

Anonymous said...

I hope it all goes smoothly from here on, brother.