On that fateful morning I was awakened as usual by the glorious songs of all my backyard birdies. I opened my eyes and to my utter sheer surprise everything was just one big blurr. I swung my legs over the bed and planted my feet firmly on the ground. As I rose to my feet I no sooner collapsed to the floor. I had no balance whatsoever. The next thing I remember was being slumped over in a chair waiting to see the attending doctor in ER. It seemed like forever until a nurse came out into the waiting room and collected me. Even in my state of being scared out of my mind, I remember thinking that I hoped nobody thought I was stoned on some drug. I was embarrassed. The doctor told me that I had a disease of the inner ear and there was medication to take for it. I was sooo relieved. He was just about to write me a prescription and send me on my way when he turned to me and said that he wanted to do a cat scan just to be sure.
One hour later he arrived back to my bedside with the results. You've had a brain bleed he said to me. I was shocked, scared and in disbelief. Was I going to die? How did this happen? My mind became flooded with so many questions and I soon discovered that the answers I was going to get would put me in a state of confusion instead of giving me some clarification.
My Faith in the Medical Community was about to diminish....
