Hi everyone,
My dad has been on dialysis for the last 11 years. He has been getting progressively worse, but in the last few months things have really taken a turn. He was diagnosed with a TIA about 2 months ago. At a different hospital, one that specializes in neuroscience, they sat his cat scan shows a lot of brain damage and that he had a severe stroke. Since the TIA (since that’s the official diagnosis,) he has experienced short-term memory loss. He has been getting progressively weaker, needs help moving around, and needs help eating (some days he eats on his own, some days he is too weak.) He can still talk normally and his long-term memory is fine. Yesterday he was at dialysis and something happened, we’re not sure what. He was found passed out with vomit all over him. At the hospital they did a cat scan and did not see any new brain damage. He cannot speak (when he tries it’s gibberish) and is generally unresponsive. He looks around at people, but if you tell him to raise his hand or open his mouth he doesn’t do anything. He’s had a slight fever since yesterday, but there has been no sign of an infection yet. Today he still not able to speak and is generally unresponsive. He is sleeping a lot and will open his eyes for a little, look around, and then closes them again. An MRI has not been done yet. They did an EEG yesterday (1 hour) and did not find anything.
We are at a loss. Has anyone experienced this or have any recommendations on what tests to look into or what this could potentially be?
Edited: he is 65 and has diabetes, esrd, does hemodialysis 3 times a week, and has high bp.