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7. The seizure was due to low blood sodium levels
Tue Feb 24, 2015, 07:24 AM
Feb 2015

which they believe was exacerbated by the flu. They think the delirium was a reaction to Tamiflu. She had no UTI or anything else that they could find. She had a temporary ischemic attack two years ago. She smoked for 50 years, has quit in the last few months and made it stick. Her only medications are for blood pressure, cholesterol, and an antidepressant. She had a few incidents of erratic behavior in the week before her seizure-couldn't balance her checkbook, a couple of other things, but that could have been a result of the low sodium-it apparently had been occurring for a while, and the flu tipped it over the edge. Since then, she's been fine (as best I can tell.) So I really don't know what to think at this point. On the one hand, the Dr doesn't know her as well as I do. On the other hand, maybe I know her too well and am not impartial enough. I just don't know.

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