Wednesday nite (Thursday morning really) at 1 AM or so, Mom awoke to find Dad having a seizure. She promptly called 911 and Dad was taken to Sinai Hospital ER. Doctor's in the ER discovered a mass in Dad's skull. Further studies determined that the mass is most likely a meningioma, a tumor in the lining of the brain. He was admitted to the Intermediate Care Unit and treatment to reduce swelling caused by the tumor began.
Standard treatments for the swelling, administration of prednisone, has significant side effects in older patients. This, plus medication to control seizures, had Dad in an incoherent and volatile state for a couple of days. By Saturday, he began to ...