How Lyndsey was Diagnosed, Part II - MRI Results
Waiting is hard. Especially when you’re waiting on health answers about your child. Jesus was with us in our waiting. Wait for the Lord; be strong and take heart and wait for the Lord. Psalm 27:14 We got Lyndsey’s CT results the last week of August, 2018: she has had a stroke at some point in her life. We were referred to a neurologist for further help with her headaches and to learn more about the stroke. That appointment was one month later on September 25 th , 2018. In the meantime, I had Lyndsey start keeping a diary of her headaches so we would have information to give the neurologist. I printed out a Pain Scale for her with numbers 1 to 10 and descriptions to help her communicate the level of pain. Whenever she had a headache, she would write down the date, time, pain level, where on her head it hurt, the barometric air pressure, if she had something hormonally going on, and even what she had eaten or if she had an empty stomach. She also kept track of what medicine