08/21/2025
Hello everyone, it's Skyla. We have an update regarding Tara's health. We went to her primary care doctor on Monday, and during the assessment with the nurse, Tara unfortunately started to feel unwell and had a syncope episode. Once everyone was able to get her out of her wheelchair and lay her back so she wouldn't fall forward, the situation became further alarming. The doctor and I both gave her different forms of physical and verbal stimulation, including calling out her name, roughly rubbing her back and arms, and digging a fingernail into her hand, followed by a sternum rub to bring her back to consciousness. However, with all that was being done, she had no response to anything. The doctor checked her eyes, and that's when we found out she was actively seizing for 11 minutes.
An ambulance was called for her and she was taken to the ER and was discharged the same night after a few tests.
The next day, we were squeezed into an appointment with her doctor again however, on the way there her words became slurred, had horrible migraines mouth drooped and had full numbness on one side of her body. I rushed her to the ER once more and they did a stroke evaluation on her before the conclusion was made that it was due to her hemiplegic migraines.
She’s now at home resting with being monitored. The last two days were terrifying to say the least and we are worried about how often she’s been having seizures. Unfortunately due to some medications she used to take, they were masking most of her seizures. Now that she has been switched off, there’s a chance we will have to stay on high alert for more when she starts showing signs. She will be seeing a neurologist soon so hopefully we’ll have more answers for the hemipalegic migraines and seizures and how to lower her chances on any more episodes.
Please keep her in your thoughts, prayers and intentions. She has gone through absolute hell the past few days and could use some love and uplifting.
