6 a.m. on Thursday, 7/24/14, 12 year old grandson saw a bat in his room. He and Dad chased and caught it. While doing so Grandson immediately lost all feeling in both hands simultaneously, became nauseated, dizzy, faint, lost his peripheral vision, speech became slowed, and had severe headache. Immediately went to ER, Akron, Ohio Children s Hospital. Peripheral vision and slow speech returned to normal within an hour. All vitals normal, except BP 122/86. Blood work ok (don t know how extensive it was), MRI clear, nothing abnormal, and Neurologist ruled out stroke, brain bleed, meningitis. Started Rabies treatment immediately (first 4 shots). Both hands were fully functional--good grip, could right, feed himself, pick object up. He was talking, happy, felt good, except for no feeling in hands and headache ( 5 on scale of 1-10). By 7:30 p.m., feeling returned to left index finger. Neurologist felt he had a migraine. Never had migraines prior. Neurologist started 2 hour Magnesium IV at 10:00 p.m. 7:00 a.m. next morning, Friday, July 26, 2014, headache became more severe, his speech became slow again (not slurred), nauseated, dizzy. Tylenol didn t help headache pain (8 or 9 on scale of 1-10). While showering 8:00 a.m., feeling suddenly returned to right thumb. By 12:00 p.m., Neurologist started 2nd Magnesium IV, and gave Depakote (don t know dosage). By 2:00 p.m., speech became even more slow and he had to search for words. Started using 1 or 2 word responses instead of sentences. Seemed dazed. Tried to sleep, but kept jerking awake every 5-6 minutes. Could no longer walk, as legs wobbly, and gave out when he tried to stand. Began missing mouth when feeding himself. Neurologist stopped all meds except stronger Tylenol and gave him a glucose IV to hydrate and flush overnight. This morning he was the same. Rabies test negative. This afternoon, his speech isn t quite as slow--but slower than normal. Neurologist seems stumped at this time. Will appreciate any help, suggestions, input. Thank you.
Hi dear, it seems he received strong stress, and he has PTSD-posttraumatic stress disorder, he needs psychologist help.  They have behavioral methods, eg, they will teach how to relax in situation where lots of bats. Try some sedative -Ashwagandha 2 capsules daily and B complex and give him positive emotions, present,which he wanted for a long time, he will recover, because he will feel your love