Justin's Hospitalization

Justin was admitted to the hospital last Thursday for an in patient treatment of PTSD. We are very blessed that there is a Fisher House there and we are able to stay there over the weekends so that we have as much time together as possible.

There was not much done on Friday and nothing over the weekend. He was able to leave both on Saturday and Sunday. We were able to attend church in the ward that the hospital is in. That was interesting for me as I felt like I was in the Wilshire/Adams Wards in Los Angeles. There was so much diversity it was nice to see. Those that I know still in those LA wards need to know that you have competition......hehehe. On Sunday, Justin's ankle was really hurting and that concerned me. Once back at the hospital he started using a wheelchair and used it through part of yesterday.

Monday, they did an EEG. The results were abnormal. He has had unexplained Parkinson's like spasms or twitches in his right arm and leg as well as facial twitches. I have said many times since December that sometimes he appeared to have seizures but of course because I do not have a medical degree I am as stupid as a door nail. The results were sent to a Neurologist for more in depth reading and diagnosis. I am hoping that they will be trying to narrow down the type of Dystonia (you can see more about that at http://www.dystonia-foundation.org/). I would think that due to the symptoms that they would try to see if it is the type that responds to Dopamine. But once again because I do not have a medical degree I am treated as if I were an idiot.

They are supposed to be doing sleep apnea testing as they feel that he suffers from that but it is due to the PTSD. I really think that he has some seizures and that is caused by the PTSD which causes the sleep apnea. When they will do that we are not sure.

We have been told that he will be discharged on May 9th. I am starting to doubt that because of what they are doing. If that is the case I know Justin is going to be very unhappy.

He is not very happy as he was told that he had a flashback that lasted 45 minutes. He was not happy to hear that and asked me if they ever lasted that long. We have never had one last that long but I do not think the Dr tried to bring him out of it, I think that she kept it going as long as possible. I am not pleased about that as the Dr. is middle eastern and her attitude is not the best. Yesterday, I was talking with a friend that is a nurse and she was telling me about a report and statement that the Director of Homeland Security recently said that our returning sailors and soldiers are the biggest terrorist risk because of the fact that if in the hands of the wrong Dr they can be tortured and made worse. That really made me edgy and very worried about this Doctor being on Justin's case.

I am going to be keeping this blog updated with the updates. This would be the quickest and easiest way to get this information out to everyone. I hope that everyone understands.

I am spending the weekends with him and so I am not home usually from Thursday or Friday until Sunday evening. Email is probably the best way to get me a message as well as checking here for updates.

I will be updating this every few days. I do have a computer in the room at the Fisher House with internet access which is a huge help.