My dad’s was a reaction to Interferon, a drug he was taking after a melanoma. It was in 1998, and he’s fine now, despite other health scares–no more strokes or anything like a stroke.

My mom’s was more mysterious. She had no health indicators like high blood pressure, high cholesterol or anything else that’s an early warning sign of possible strokes to come. She, too, has been fine since, although she’s taking Cumadin, a blood thinner, which has had a challenge here or there.

I am far away, although the airline ride is fairly short (2-3 hours, depending on the way the wind blows). It’s hard to know when to drop everything and rush to be there and when to save the money and vacation days that work would require for a more serious time–or is the current crisis the serious time?

I wish you all the best, and your mom sounds healthy, so I suspect this incident will be behind you soon. I’m glad you’ve got people and cats with you to keep you cheered.