Question: My daughter went to bed a 55 year old married woman, doing all her regular household tasks, in October, 2012, and woke up the next morning wet, like a 1 year old child, with no seeming communication between her brain and her bladder or bowels. Being that her husband is somewhat disabled, himself, after about the 3rd day of going to their house to get her cleaned up, I just brought her home with me, and I have been caring for her in my home ever since. She is fairly easy to care for. But her brain is just not working right. She has no idea when or if she has to go to the bathroom, or even if she's "gone" when she's on the toilet. She gets obsessive thoughts about "having to go outside", and is content to just sit on the porch, looking at the newspaper or a book. She is able to read a little bit sometimes. I have a child's Scrabble Game that just has a person match letters. And sometimes she can match some, and other times not. If I ask her to spell a word, sometimes she can, and sometimes not.
At this point she is not wandering away, thank God. But when I have to give her a bath and shampoo, she gets very resistant, because she "has to go outside!" The past 2 weeks, I have had my older daughter come over and help me with this.
She has had Bipolar Disorder for many years, and is under the regular care of a very good Psychiatrist. He has managed to keep it fairly well under control. But at this point, he has no idea what has happened to her. She has been to 2 Neurologists, and to the Neurology Clinic at Froedtert Hospital. None of them has a clue as to what has happened to her. In some ways it's somewhat like a stroke. But she has had MRIs, and they don't seem to show evidence of a stroke. The doctors have said that it kind of resembles Alzheimers or Dementia, except for it coming on so suddenly--overnight. And, whether this has anything to do with it, or not, I don't know--but at about the same time, she developed an infection in both her eyes. She has a kind of gooky white stuff that comes out of them every day. Her regular Eye Doctor prescribed some eye drops, and had me wash her eyes twice a day with Baby Shampoo. This has helped it not to get any worse. But as soon as the eye drops are gone, it's just as bad as ever. So, we took her to Dr. XXXXXXX Knight, another Eye Doctor. He prescribed an Antibiotic Ointment to put on her eyes, and continue to wash with the Baby Shampoo. Then he suggested we take her to the Mayo Clinic. I have no idea about your charges or arrangements, or if her Medical Insurance would cover anything or what. I'm a widow on Social Security myself. And she and her husband are both on Social Security Disability. All three of us have United Health Care for our Insurance. Do you have any suggestions or ideas?
Thank you very much for any help you can offer. Is there a charge for this letter and response? If so, what is it? Please let me know. Thank you.
Sincerely,
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Dear Dr. XXXXXXX
Thank you very much for your prompt response.
I will try to get hold of her MRI reports to send to you as soon as possible.
She has United Health Care Insurance.
We live in the XXXXXXX WI area.

Thank you very much for any help you can give!

Sincerely, XXXXXXX

Dear Dr. XXXXXXX
Thank you again for your kind and prompt response. Thank you for the list of doctors who may be able to help my beloved daughter.
I am in the process of trying to get hold of her MRI report. Over the weekend, of course, it was not possible.
But I will try today, and let you know.
Thank you very much.

Sincerely, XXXXXXX

Hi again,
I was able to pick up the MRI disc. Would you please give me your exact address to send it to? If so, I will mail it by Priority Mail tomorrow.
Thank you again very much for the list of doctors. We will probably go with Dr. XXXXXXX Woo, as he is about the closest to us.

Sincerely, XXXXXXX

Hi Dr. XXXXXXX
My daughter XXXXXXX uploaded the MRI of my other daughter, XXXXXXX Schade, to you on Tuesday evening, July 15. Did you get it?
Thank you.
Sincerely, XXXXXXX

Hi Dr. XXXXXXX
I was sorry to hear that you did not receive the attachment that my daughter XXXXXXX sent you a few days ago.
She is out of town for the weekend, but will be happy to come over and try again when she gets back.
Otherwise, as I have said, I would be very happy to just mail you the disc by Priority Mail, if you would give me your exact address to mail it to.
Sincerely, XXXXXXX

Dear Dr XXXXXXX
Thank you for your kind response. Unfortunately, I am not so knowledgeable about computers as to know how to upload the MRI disc myself. And my daughter, who does know more about such things, is out of town this weekend. She did try, but apparently was unsuccessful the first time.
I will ask her again when she returns. If she is unsuccessful again, I will try to mail the disc to you in XXXXXXX It's alright if you are not able to mail it back. I think we could get another copy from the place where she had the MRI done, if it would be necessary--like to show it to Dr. Woo, whom you had recommended.
Thank you again for your help so far!
Sincerely, XXXXXXX

Hi,
Thank you for your response.
I am waiting to hear from my daughter. She should be home by now. But she does have to go to work today.
I will let you know what she plans to do.
Sincerely, XXXXXXX

Hi Dr. Raju-
I uploaded some more scans. Hopefully you will receive them.
Sincerely, XXXXXXX