Just cutting right to the chase...
My mom is being tested for West Nile, Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever, Lyme Disease, and several other similar insect/parasite-related illnesses; HOWEVER, it will be 5-7 days before we know the results because the labs have to be sent to California.
(Can I pause for a minute and say how ridiculous that is? Seriously? Please tell me there is a good explanation for a 5- to 7-day turnaround on lab results.)
So...the doctors now are just focusing, as they have been, on treating her symptoms. Right now, her main complaint is a horrible headache that she has pretty much had for 2-1/2 weeks. She told me if they could find something that would successfully diminish that pain, she thinks she would feel a hundred times better.
There's no reason to suspect that my mom won't recover from this; it just seems to be taking a long time, and right now, we aren't even sure what she has. (And have I already mentioned that it will be 5-7 days before we know???)
Still keep my mom in your good thoughts in prayers. We really do appreciate them!
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