Hello. I am very worried about my little
brother.
Today he was forced to pull his car to the
side of the road from dizziness. He
called my mother (she and I work at the
same school) and we drove down to help
him. He told my mother on the phone that
he felt a sharp pain in the back of his
head then dizziness and now he felt
confused. On the drive down I called to
calm him down and here is what he told
me:
"it felt like someone stabbed me in the
back of my head then the road seemed to
turn. It felt like my car was lifted by
a crane and I was going to fall out the
driver's side door."
my mother drove him to the doctor and by
the time he could get in (app. 3-3 1/2
hours after the first call) he felt well
again. The doctor said severe tests were
unneeded because the symptoms went away.
They drew blood and here is a part that
scares me. They had trouble finding a
vein and when they did it burst. They
call it a blowout or burstout, i'm not
sure which he said. Then they finally
got blood and told him "the tests were
fine."
but here is the worst part. Bub no
longer remembers having a pain in his
head. He said he doesn't remember having
it or telling us about it. My dad said
they had an in depth discussion between my
mother's call and mine in which my brother
told my dad he was sure someone had shot
him or hit the back of his car and driven
off (the car is not even scratched and my
brother has no outward wounds). Now he
says he has no memory of this. The doc
said that just proves it was a temporary
situation. That makes no sense to me.
Am I being too worried or is something
serious (god help me, annurism?) going on
and the doc just not getting it? Mom
requested a cat-scan and he said it was
unnecessary.
I understand no diagnoses here. I just
want suggestions and advice before
something worse happens. The doc said
there was no explaination, but he should
be fine.
