kharmii | Entries tagged with mystery

Surgery is postponed for Gretchen due to studies for possible neurological disorders. The neurologist said she should first get an Electromyography and Nerve Conduction Study in her legs (EMG/NCV). I'm going to try and get it done here in Indiana, as that was a most miserable drive up to Chicago. I-90 to I-290 was almost at a stand still. When we were on I-94, we got stuck behind a stalled semi. We were checked in by a black CNA who looked like a celebrity. His scrubs were dark gray, and he had a black jacket over them. He told us his commute from Gary was an hour and half in the morning and an hour back at night. I couldn't imagine going through that.

The doctor and two of his aides spent almost two hours questioning us and performing tests. Since I told them Gretchen's condition might be genetic, and that I had some of the same problems when I was a child, they observed both of us. They watched us walk and tested our reflexes. Both of us have no reflex response in our feet, although I responded to the tuning fork test and knee reflex test.

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This was a fun story to tell, but it's possible there's nothing at all wrong with my family. Maybe we just have some unfortunate features that might be symptoms of a greater disease if too many are put together but mean nothing alone. There's also the 'family demons' theory..that tragically and coincidentally, so many of us have experienced extreme emotional hell that we've become mentally strange from that. Tests on Gretchen might be a complete waste of time, but I don't feel too bad. We could get peace of mind either way, then let Gretchen enjoy the holidays, maybe getting the surgery during the shiddy, do-nothing months of Jan-March.