Dr. Choy & the MRI

Mom was dizzy again today but had additional symptoms. This afternoon her left inner ear started hurting and when she turned her head to the side she got severely dizzy. I called the Kaiser nurse help line, they were able to get her in to see Dr. Choy at the Kaiser Mapunapuna clinic. On our way Mom began complaining about her right inner ear hurting. Then as she got out of the the car she got very dizzy. Dr. Choy checked her out within 15 minutes and found ... nothing! Even the pain in her ears stopped; very frustrating. He sent Mom in for a brain MRI to check for a cerebellar stroke. He said it could account for the dizziness and would not have shown up on a CAT scan or anything else. Mapunapuna is on the other side of the freeway from Moanalua where the MRI is done; we were able to get in immediately so that was handy, no running back again tomorrow. They sent us straight up to the diagnostics lab.


The MRI scan went well, they got it on the first try. Mom got dizzy getting in and out of the MRI as well as when they were wheeling her back, there were a lot of turns to get to and from the waiting room to the actual diagnostics room. Results will be back tomorrow. Since Dr. Choy will not be in, he gave us a number to call to get them.

Here's the kind of diagnostics Mom really likes.

CAT scan

Mom wanted miso shiru for dinner, so I had to stop to pick up some things she absolutely had to have in her miso shiru: tofu, kamaboko, & daikon. When I stopped at Foodland, I had Mom stay in the car so that I could get in and out quickly. I tell her to stay in the car, then I lock it so if she opens the door to get out, the alarm goes off. When the alarm goes off, it startles her and she stays at the car trying to figure out how to turn it off. It also lets me know she has opened the door so that I can get back quickly just in case she does leave the car.

Curt dropped by to check in and see how Mom was doing. He brought us some leftovers from a year end party that DT was at, so we had pork spare ribs and orange chicken with our miso soup.

Happy Birthday to Bria!