Welcome to our blog. We are on a journey. This is an unwelcome journey. We are not out of the darkness and into the light yet so we cannot see the benefits of why this all happened. We are hoping someday we will be there, some day soon.For now we just want to have a place to share our journey with others so that maybe something we learn will help them. We also want to update those that are concerned for our mother. Our mother is Bonnie and she has been diagnosed with Guillain-Barre-Syndrome (GBS). We are her daughters, Terry, Donna and Jeanie. This is our journey.

Tuesday, January 6, 2009

Dec 9-

Went to Dr. Hanson's for a follow-up on Tuesday, Dec. 9th. He gave her different pain meds and drew some blood. By the time I got her home she didn’t know where she was or that she had been to the doctor. I called Dr. Hanson’s office and they told me to call 911. She was transported to North Collier and was admitted. They did an abdominal x-ray that just showed some bowel. They drew more blood and on Wednesday did a full body MRI and a Nerve Conduction test. The MRI was normal but the Nerve Conduction test had changed considerably. They moved her immediately to ICU Thursday morning, Dec. 11th. Now they wanted to do a Lumbar Puncture, which was done on Thursday. That showed them a high level of protein, which was indicated for Guillain Barre Syndrome. They started a port in her arm so they could give her medicine and draw blood easier. They gave her 5 bottles of Immunoglobulins. Her doctors were Dr. Justice/Rabbani, Dr. Jones/Hanson, Dr. Mark Brown, Dr. Wisen. She was complaining of knee pain so they did an Ultrasound and that was normal. They did an enema on the 13th.

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