I still can't shake off this chest infection, but that is all beside the point really - after a few days of Pete seeming to be getting brighter etc, yesterday he decided to have a 'funny turn' and ended up in A&E again. He was fine until about 3.30pm when he suddenly got very vague and 'away with the fairies' to a certain extent - he didn't black out but definitely was not his normal alert self, although he responded to questions he just wasn't with it at all. Martin and Mel had just arrived and Martin called an ambulance as we didn't know what to do. Was he building up to another stroke or what? The ambulance lady did an examination (this is always so hard as Pete has no speech and can't explain how he is feeling) and, although Pete was coming out of it after about 15/20 minutes , she felt he needed to be checked out at hospital as he may have had a mini stroke. The hospital did a full examination, blood pressure (which had been high when the paramedic took it) bloods, urine, heart, etc. and all the results were normal so the opinion was it was just 'one of those things', the Dr did say it may have been a mini stroke but there was no way of telling and all his medications are what they would recommend anyway. So he was discharged home again - I feel a bit stupid as perhaps we wasted everyone's time, but, on the other hand, I tend to go into panic mode at times.
Pete seemed to be fine today although he has not done any walking and wouldn't go out for a drive this afternoon, despite it being a fabulous day. Then tonight he has gone off to bed at 8.30 so obviously is still not feeling himself, but I can't really get to the bottom of how he is feeling. It's very hard trying to assess the situation - but if it happens again I probably won't call an ambulance but will let the situation develop and see what happens.
So, there you are, the light is off again and I don't know what this week will bring.
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