Hi friends, if you get a minute, please talk to the Lord about my Brother. Below is a copy of a message my Sister-in-law sent me and my Sister:
We wanted to let you all know that Ronald is having some health issues right now. He went to bed last night with a mild headache and sore, stiff neck and woke up this morning with the left side of his face paralyzed. I called the dr and she said to rush him to the ER, which I did, and they called a stroke code on him.
After a CT scan, x-rays, etc, they did determine that it was NOT a stroke but that he does have Bell's Palsy. Due to the paralyzation, he is unable to close or blink his left eye, he has no movement in his cheek, lips or facial muscles on that side of his face so it does cause problems with his speech, eating and drinking. He will have to sleep with an eye patch and keep drops in it to keep it from drying out or forming ulcers since he cannot close or blink it. He's not in any pain at this time other than an occasional mild pain behind his left ear.
They said it usually goes away within a few months but in some cases never so they could not tell us what the outcome is. They did start him on a 12 day series of steroids and right now we just have to wait and see. He is to do a follow up with his family dr in about a week.
We are both very concerned and it is stressful for him as he is having to learn to do things a little differently to adapt so your prayers are appreciated.
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