Question: my mother is 63 years old has a pacemaker due to AFib pacemaker has been in for at least 10 years one year ago she was diagnosed with bursitis two months ago with arthritis she is also on coumadin. 3 weeks ago she received two cortisone shots within five minutes she had lost all motor skills and was unable to speak doctors found her collapsed in the cafeteria she was having stroke-like symptoms and rushed to the emergency room all EKGs came back clear with no signs of stroke or heart attack she was able to speak again after 3 hours and to walk after 4 she was kept overnight for monitoring and released the next day doctor said she received cortisone shots on an empty stomach that was why had lost her motor skills and was unable to speak she was sent home with six blood thinner too be administered through injection every 12 hours in order to bring her blood from a 1.5 to a 2.5 after a week her blood was back to a 2.5 and has remained there this morning when she awoke she was feeling weak with severe cramping to her knee both knees and cabs she has no appetite and has some bruising but has not had any trauma to cause that