I live in LA and CBS2 has been trying desperately to not even mention her name, just saying how she is doing well and she will be back on the job “Soon” the moment it happened, they quickly went away from her, I guess assuming at first(What others might have been thinking) that she was drunk or on something, that it wouldn’t look good for the network to have a drunk reporter doing a live broadcast, but you can clearly see she was NOT intoxicated, something neurologically happened to her and I don’t understand why she was not taken to the hospital. She is well known here in LA, she is a pretty top notch reporter, usually sticking to entertainment stories, sometimes crimes, depending on who they have available. She is very young, looks to be in her early 30s. Last night I was watching CBS 2 and Pat Harvey said that she will be back at work soon and when she is ready to tell everyone what happened it will be on her terms. Hope its nothing too serious but to me it looked like a stroke or a precursor to one
Probability is that it was a TIA (Transient Ischemic Attack). Mimics a stroke, but there is no blood clot. They can go from a mild tingling in the face, an inability to talk (as in this case) to what appears to be a full-blown stroke. Recovery time can range significantly.
I know, because I deal with these weekly. An occasional TIA is a warning sign. But, like I deal with, these are effectively on-going shorts that can severely affect your ability to work, to walk, or do other normal activities. The only good side is they won’t kill you like a stroke will.
These things mystify the medical community and everyone else.
The malfunction of the brain is scary as all get out. The only thing that keeps one from the fear is the understanding that what is happening is.
It is hard to explain, harder to experience.
I have had alien hand syndrome, and actually viewed the world through what appears to be a broken mirror. First time went to the ER. Second time, tried to shoot myself... Last time, understood and waited it out with the wife. These things manifest in different ways, and are genetic.