So my college son will be graduating in May and he just announced that he's made his decision about which graduate school he's going to be going to...he decided to accept University of Missouri's offer. I'm excited for him and so proud of him too...he was trying to decide between there, Iowa and a school in Virginia, and Mizzou won out...and the awesome thing is they pay him to come to their school!

...And in about 5 or 6 years, I'll have to start calling him Dr. Son.
That's awesome news!!
I agree with OBG, check it out first.
I can't remember the specifics, I'd have to Google myself, but they've been in the news a lot the last couple years.
Thank you so much for all your thoughts and prayers. I hope I didn't miss anyone.

It has been such a scary two days. He came downstairs yesterday and was talking gibberish. I knew right away something was wrong. He couldn't articulate his words and was spacing out. We started out to urgent care and then I changed my mind and took him to the ER. His BP was
through the roof. Today, the MRI and Echo came back perfectly fine. They think it was the BP and stress from work that caused the weird speech. He has to take BP meds and f/u with primary doc and the would like him to f/u with a stroke specialist just in case it was a TIA that they couldn't see on the MRI. He's home now and resting.
Joey, sorry you aren't feeling well. Hope it passes quickly.
Glad you are home safe and sound and with
dessert.
Welcome!! I know you will get the answers you are looking for somewhere on this forum. There are a lot of knowledgeable people here.
Ugh, sorry you've had a rough day. I wasn't sure if I wanted a nice stiff drink or a big bowl of ice cream. The ice cream won out as I'm too paranoid I would be buzzed and something goes wrong here at home with DH. I hope tomorrow goes better for you. Congrats on pre-Dr. Son. That is wonderful news. How exciting!!
That was exactly what my mom did when she had her TIA.
She lived alone, in an independent living facility, but

thankfully, I was on phone with her when it happened.
She started slurring, and talking gibberish.
I tried to keep her on the phone, then called the front desk, they had to use their key to get in, and they called a nurse from the nursing home side to run over until the ambulance got there.
I don't think her's showed up on the scans, but the day after, her neurologist did some verbal testing and confirmed it was (probably) a TIA.
He pointed to the button on his shirt and asked her what it was. She answered "button", right away.
Then he pointed to the center of the button and asked, okay, what holds the button in place? (
thread)
She just blanked out.
He said that TIA's targeted the finer tuning/thinking/reasoning of our brains. People can still "get" the easier answers, but the ones that kind of require a second thought process, they usually failed.
He said that it would mostly likely pass in a day or so, that she'd regain her normal function...and she did.
But when we got to looking around her house, we think that she'd had a series of them, possibly over the course of a few days, there were just weird things in weird places in her house, and she'd been sharp as a tack up to that point.
Just sooooo thankful that he's getting good care, and going to follow the Dr.'s instructions.
How scary for you all!! (((HUGS)))
Will keep you all in prayer!!
Well darn!
Isolated thunderstorms in the morning, then variable clouds during the afternoon with strong thunderstorms. Damaging winds, large hail and possibly a tornado with some storms. High 74F. Winds SSW at 10 to 15 mph. Chance of rain 70%.
Yeah, tomorrow could be dicey for a lot of (us) folks.
