Steve was admitted into Monash Hospital through the Emergency department. He is now settled comfortably in the Neurology ward and under the care of an excellent team of neurologists. Over the past two days he has had many many blood tests, a lumbar puncture, another MRI and other investigative procedures. Physically he is in very good health. His general blood results have all come out fine. Kidney, liver, hormone levels etc. are all fine. The initial result of his spinal fluid was also good, just a higher count of proteins than normal which they expected. Now we wait for the specialist test results of blood and spinal fluid which will take another day or two. The MRI scans clearly shows many scattered small lesions throughout Steve brain. However the new scan also showed that the blood vessels looks fine which is good news indeed. I think the team may have eliminated a couple of serious causes they though it could be but are still very concerned about Steve’s worsening condition and what the exact cause could be. Tomorrow he is having a chest scan to see if they can see anything similar in that area. We have been asked more detailed question about the countries we have visited and the type of food we have consumed. So they are being very thorough and investigation many possibilities. I think we need House! No, the Neurology department at Monash has an great reputation and I have been very impressed by their care, efficiency and professionalism. I am pretty confident that they will get to the bottom of this and find the right treatment for Steve.
\nThanks again to everyone for all your best wishes, thoughts and words of encouragement. Much appreciated.
\nHelen<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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