Scary Migraines

I got a scary phone call from the school nurse telling me that Kianna was having trouble finding words and processing her thoughts while taking a test at school. She also got lost several times on her way to the nurse's office and had to ask for directions. I left work and immediately took Kianna to Jupiter Medical's Pediatric Emergency Room. Her symptoms continued to progress to include slurred speech, lack of coordination, R sided weakness, a lopsided smile, and numbness/tingling in her hands and legs. They sprung into action and did blood work and a CT scan. After approximately 20 minutes, Kianna's stroke-like symptoms ended leaving Kianna with a mild headache. The test slowly came back normal.

Despite feeling fine, they decided to transfer her to St. Mary's Children's Hospital via ambulance so that she could be examined by a pediatric neurologist. Since Kianna was feeling fine and was asymptomatic, she got pushed to the end of the line. The new emergency room was filled to capacity with paper curtains separating the rooms and other families were on beds in the hallways.

After what seemed like forever, a MRI was ordered and Kianna was placed on observation in the PICU. In the morning, we were told that her MRI was normal and that they think her stroke-like symptoms were caused by a migraine. I had never heard of such a migraine! We are supposed to follow up if her symptoms return. We are relieved that it wasn't anything more serious and thankful our nana girl is back home safe and sound!