I am one of the whatsapp admins in the AKS/CRS forum and was contacted early Sunday morning by a member who is a BV and who stated that she was ill and if we had any policies in place as regards visiting any sick BV. She was quick to point out that she didn’t need any financial help, just prayers and perhaps a visitation. I asked her what hospital she was at and what was wrong with her and promised to visit her towards evening after church. My church doesn’t close at a conventional time.
After church I visited as promised around 5; met her (BV Savvy Hilton), her hubby and three children (lovely family) and the mother-in-law (I guess) and gave her the regular hospital offering - Lucozade boost and oranges. One of the children was on admission as well, he developed a fever the night she was admitted and the diagnosis was malaria.
Back to BV Savvy Hilton. She experienced blackouts two weeks ago. I asked if she went unconscious during the blackouts and her reply was in the negative; according to her, things just go blank during the blackouts and she can’t see. She vistied the hospital and it was found that amongst other things, she had high blood pressure. She was put on medication and was okay for a while but it became really bad this past Thursday and she had to go back to the hospital again and was placed on drugs. On her way home the next day (Friday), the blackouts reoccurred and she turned back halfway home and has been there till I saw her today (Sunday).
She could have sent a mail to you that Thursday but her hands weren’t steady enough for her to type (she started sobbing here) and she also mentioned that her heartbeats during this period was quite intense. She has had an ECG done and the doctor’s tentative diagnosis is that she has a blood clot that is stopping blood from flowing normally, therefore cutting off supply to her head.
Results will come in tomorrow (Monday) and she will move from there to the teaching hospital here in Uyo, might be referred to a neurologist and if it doesn’t get better, she plans to go to Port Harcourt to see her doctor, who has tentatively stated that something is wrong with her nervous system. I asked why she didn’t go straight to him from this hospital but she is scared of the blackouts recurring as it did to her the last time especially as Port Harcourt isn’t a 10 to 15 minutes trip. She needs to be stabilized first before embarking on any trip - short or long.
Also, her doctor advised that she also go first to the teaching hospital before coming to him in Rivers.
I feel I might have omitted some details, not too sure. She needs the prayers of every BV. I have her permission to send this piece in. I took a shot with her and promised that it will be for your eyes only.