Hello,
I am Jim from Minneapolis. Last December a little after Christmas, I stepped from a stair onto an icy landing and fell, striking my head on the bottom step. Mostly I don't remember, but I was taken to HCMC where a CT scan showed I had fractured my skull. I had no other injuries thankfully. The next day I was sent home.
Three days later I was back at the ER after having fainted at home and making a loud crash that got my wife's attention. I spent the next six nights in the ICU at Methodist with low sodium, called "syndrome of inappropriate antidiuretic hormone secretion", big name for something that's fairly common.
A couple weeks later I was starting to return to work part time when it came time for a follow-up CT scan. The scan showed I had a subdermal hematoma that was pushing my left hemisphere into the right. I was admitted the same day and had surgery the next day to remove the clot. Five nights later I was back at home again.
It all sounds very dramatic but I have recovered well and am back at work full-time. I feel very lucky and I'm very thankful for the skill of the surgeons and doctors and nurses who treated me.