I don't even know what to say. We spent the morning waiting for the doctor to come in and give us our discharge order. When she walked in, she asked that we go somewhere private to talk. Once we were in a private room, she told us that the information we had been given about the MRI being perfectly normal was a mistake. The truth is that Erin's MRI shows that Erin suffered a stroke at some point, whether during pregnancy, birth, or sometime after. The area affected is on the left side of the brain. Most unfortunate is that the area of the brain where the stroke occured is of major importance, as it has a significant impact on motor skills. The area impacted was described as a hub that takes in a lot of information and distributes it out to other areas of the brain, thus its importance. For now, the infarction is being described as a brain injury as opposed to brain damage, as they just don't know. We are waiting on a neurologist to come see us.
I feel most for Sheila. She is absolutely shattered. This was supposed to be such a happy, joyful day.
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