On Wednesday of last week my husband decided to make a trip to the doctor because he had such a severe headache. He had a CT scan done and they found an Intracranial aneurysm that had ruptured.
I read an article about this that stated odds of surviving a ruptured aneurysm are between 40 and 60 percent. Actually, it seems that nobody wants to be specific and I really don't care about the math. You're welcome to determine the odds. This was a close call. After his surgery on Thursday this puts us on day four but he's still not out of the woods.
Symptoms for an Intracranial aneurysm include:
- a sudden severe headache that can last from several hours to days
- nausea and vomiting
- drowsiness, confusion and/or loss of consciousness
- Visual abnormalities
Hind sight is 20/20. He probably should not have pushed himself to finalize that customer's order. Maybe should have gone to the doctor sooner. Who knows. He and I are the fortunate ones. Never in a million years would either of us have guessed something like this would happen. He's healthy and strong.
Although high blood pressure is the most common cause of Intracranial aneurysms, he has never been diagnosed with high blood pressure.
The whole ordeal has put me off schedule in a major way. Well, it's been a schedule changer for the entire family.
Please be aware of the symptoms. Over the counter drugs will not correct this problem.
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