Age: 64.0
Sex: F
Vaccine: COVID19
Symptoms: Facial paralysis, Lumbar puncture, Magnetic resonance imaging head normal, VIth nerve paralysis, Vision blurred
Clinical narrative: 3 days ; This letter is to inform you of the unfortunate series of events that landed me in hospital on Friday, January 8, 2021. You denied a brain MRI on January 4th that was an emergent situation, mainly because you had no information about what was happening. I am going to lay out the entire timeline of events, as there are more bills coming.  First, I want to give you some background: I am an EXTREMELY fit 64 year old. I work out 6 days a week doing workouts that most 25 year old could not do. I see my OB/GY once a year for my annual checkup. My blood pressure has never been above 110-115/60-70. For my entire adult life, I have never had any serious illness. I should be a dream case for any insurer.  I am married to a Board-certified physician in spinal cord injury medicine, EMG, and Neuromuscular Medicine. Together we run the top EMG lab. We have close relationships with the top specialists, which allowed me access to them very quickly.  Here is the timeline:  On Sunday, December 27, 2020, I was cleaning the baseboards in the bedroom walking backwards. I turned around and hit my left temple HARD on the TV mounted on the wall. I did not pass out, but I actually felt my brain hit the right side of my head from the force. I called my husband and we decided to keep a close watch on me to be sure I did not have a subdural hematoma. For the entire following week, I just had a terrible headache and neck pain. He thought I had a whiplash sort of injury.  On Saturday, 1/2/21, I received my first Moderna Covid vaccine.  On Monday, 1/4/21, I drove to work. I noticed my vision was a little blurry cut chalked it up to needing new contact lenses. When I got in the car and started driving home, I realized that I had complete and total double vision. I only got home by covering one eye to see the road. I was petrified.  On Tuesday morning, my husband called Dr, concussion specialist. He told me to schedule a brain MRI asap. I scheduled it for Friday, 1/8 so company could get approval from you. When we told Dr it was scheduled for Friday, he said I needed it sooner than that, and that he would call in the kind of images he wanted. My friend, who runs the company, got me in that day, and I had an appointment with Dr the following morning, Wednesday, 1/6.   I had a very thorough exam with Dr, who said I had a concussion with a partial 6th nerve palsy (double vision). He DID say it was unusual to develop 6th nerve palsy a week after I hit my head, but we were still thinking it was from the concussion.  On Friday, 1/8, I was driving to the office with my husband (still could not drive). I ate a breakfast sandwich in the car, and when I went to look in the mirror to see if I had food in my teeth, I noticed I could not move the right side of my mouth. By the time we got to the office, I had a palsy on the entire right side of my face. We called Dr who advised that I go to the ER immediately, as 7th nerve palsy is really not associated with a concussion.  We cancelled our patients and he drove me the ER. There I saw Dr, the ER doc, who took one look at me and said I had Bell's palsy. They started taking my vitals and my blood pressure was 220/110! They thought I was having a stroke! They immediately started an IV with medication to reduce my blood pressure. The neurologist came in and ordered another brain MRI with smaller slices than the 1st one to make sure we were not missing anything. He also ordered an MRA. They were all normal. They admitted me to the hospital. After consultation with the Internal Medicine doc, they decided I needed a spina; tap to rule of the many very serious things associated with Bell's palsy. Everything was negative. I was discharged at 1 pm on Sunday, 1/7.  I had a follow up with Dr on Wednesday, 1/13.  We received a call from Dr who insisted on taking over my case, as he knows my husband very well. I had a consultation with him on Wednesday, 1/13. I gave him the entire timeline of events. I was stunned to hear his opinion: BOTH the 6th nerve palsy AND the 7th nerve palsy were caused by my Covid vaccine. He said he had seen 4 patients in the last 10 days who all developed palsies after their vaccines. They were all Pfizer vaccines, and I was the first Moderna one he had seen.   I have since come under the care of Dr who is monitoring my blood pressure. The double vision has resolved, and the Bell's palsy is about 90% improved. I am scheduled for my 2nd vaccine this Sunday, 1/31/ Both Dr want me to go ahead and take it. I have a prescription of Clonidine on hand in case my blood pressure spikes again. It has come back down to about 136/84, which is still high for me. I am absolutely convinced that the blood pressure issue is also from the vaccine. There is no other explanation for my blood pressure doubling.  I hope this letter explains the very unfortunate consequences of my Covid vaccine. I have included the progress notes from dr with this letter. Please feel free to contact me at our office.