Dad’s neurologist, Dr. Fleming, called today. “I want you to know we’re still working on your questions about your Dad’s autopsy. We’ve gone back to the pathologist to try to get some answers, and I expect they may have to go back and do some stains on tissue and so forth. I don’t know when we’ll have the results.”
“I remember that your Dad’s mother died of a stroke,” he continued. “Do you know if it was a hemorrhagic stroke? If there’s anyone still alive you can talk with to find out, that would be very interesting for us to know.”
I promised to try to get more information for him.
“The microbleeds your Dad had are so interesting that we plan to discuss his case – without using his name, of course - at our Neuroconference sometime in March. Most likely I’ll be presenting the pathology slides myself.”
“Would it be possible for me to attend this conference and listen to your presentation?” I asked, half expecting him to say he’d rather I wouldn’t. “Yes, that would be fine,” he answered. “I’ll let you know when we schedule the presentation.”
I’m really excited about this – maybe now we’ll start to get some answers about what caused Dad’s dementia!
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