Journal entry by Michon Hofmeister —
We had an appointment with moms primary doctor today. She talked through all her testing at the ER. Besides the UTI, all her blood work came back normal. She asked several questions and then she even told us that my mom was very different than the woman she saw a couple months ago. She scheduled the MRI and also put in an order to have 2 different neuro doctors see her. She had the MRI done that Friday and here is the result below. I told them to explain this to me as I was a child and they said everything looked fine. This appointment was on 6/22/21. We didn't have our next appt until 07/16/21. This is where the frustration really begins.
FINDINGS:
Normal pituitary gland.
Mild chronic white matter ischemic change throughout the periventricular white matter. Arachnoid cyst in the left parietal high convexity measuring approximately 4 x 1.4 cm. The diffusion weighted images show no areas of restricted diffusion to suggest acute or early subacute infarct. No pathological intracranial enhancement.
The orbital structures are unremarkable. The sinuses, middle ear cavities and the mastoid air cells are normally developed and well aerated.
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