So just five minutes ago I talked to this brother who had major problems with major blockage in the veins and arteries in his neck. I asked him how the original diagnosis was made.
He said he was having problems in many ways and did not really realize or understand what was happening. So one afternoon around 3 PM he went to the emergency room. He indeed had problems! They began doing tests on him and kept on all through the night as the tests continued because of the seriousness of the situation. He underwent ultrasound testing and MRI imaging that night and they told him he had 100% blockage in a important vein in his neck and that he had had a stroke which was why he was having the problems he was. A few days went by in which he was told to take things very easily. They called him back to do another MRI and told him to go on to Fargo, North Dakota to have a stent placed in his neck so as to begin getting a handle on the problem. He left and was on the way to the ER for just a bit before leaving for Fargo. Halfway there he got a call to come back to the doctor's office. The doctor said take a look at this. The doctor said the MRI we just did shows you have a clean flow of blood in your neck with NO BLOCKAGE. The doctor was somewhat baffled and said he did not understand what was going on here. Yet the images of clear blood flow, just diagnosed as 100% blocked. This brother is beloved in our congregation and the church had put him on their emergency prayer list. He is doing fine today with no stent having to be placed in his neck. He has very few after effects from having a stroke and is doing fine. So the original diagnosis of blocked blood flow in the neck was made by ultrasounds and MRIs. The brother is humble and of sound mind and is not given to sensationalism. What he said happened really happened. I just spoke with him.
