Dennis and I are in Rochester, Minnesota, to meet with a few of the foremost doctors in autonomic disorders. We checked him in this morning for his first series of tests. Actually the first test is a four-for-one, type of deal. They are checking his automatic response to sweating. Probes are placed in different areas and a stimulus is sent through the probes. The idea is that sweat should naturally occur without the brain needing to interpret the stimuli. They follow the patterns of sweat, how much sweat, and so on.
Included are a variety of blood draws, before, during and after the sweat test. His blood pressure is also monitored while they do a tilt test - or tilting of the table on which he is laying. The fourth test I was never quite able to understand, but it was included, none the less.
After, we met with two neurologists. The first, an understudy of The Big Guy, spent an hour asking questions and giving more physical tests. He also helped us select a resturant in this gourmet deprived city. Later, we met with The Big Guy, and his understudy, and it was determined they just did not have enough to go on to make a final decision regarding Dennis' prognosis.
So, tommorow, another test and another meeting with both doctors. Check in tomorrow afternoon to find out what we have learned.
Until Tommorow,
Ann and Dennis
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