Another dad update

[cimorene]

They thought they had solved Dad's hallucinations but it was a false alarm.

The sequence of events so far is:

• He starts hallucinating mildly, images of animals etc


• The visual hallucinations escalate steadily and include audio - first talking to absent people, then thinking he is in a variety of different places, finally briefly not recognizing my mom, though he did a minute later


• A new antibiotic is discontinued


• They find a UTI, but all mental symptoms stop, so they think the cause was the discontinued antibiotics


• He starts hallucinating again, more mildly, before the medical team has had a chance to agree to release him from the hospital


• He briefly recovers almost completely, but then gets worse again

It seems his medical team is dealing with a mystery again. 😔

Comments

[barbaratp]

Lendo os comentários eu não sabia que alucinações são um sintoma a se esperar em infecções urinárias. Estou chocada. E lamento muito que seu pai esteja passando por tudo isso ainda sem uma resolução final.

[cimorene]

I didn't know that either until recently! My dad has had infections without any hallucinations quite a few times in the last few years as well, but several people have mentioned that to us. It's rather shocking at the time even when you know that it's a normal symptom as well.

[barbaratp]

Eu tive infecção desse tipo quando bebê de poucos dias de vida, depois disso nunca mais tive. E meus parentes que tem essas infecções, mesmo os com casos recorrentes creio que nunca tiveram esse sintoma (ou se tiveram não souberam explicar). Mas alucinações são horríveis, não importa a origem delas. Ao menos agora tudo está tranquilo com seu pai e ele vai ficar melhor.