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Her Eyelid Drooped and She Kept Getting Weaker. What Was Going On?
Dozens of tests turned up nothing. Then a specialist had a theory.
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The voice on
the phone was kind but firm: “You need to go to the emergency room. Now.” Her morning was going to be busy, replied the 68-year-old woman, and she didn’t feel well. Could she go later today or maybe tomorrow? No, said Dr. Benison Keung, her neurologist. She needed to go now; it was important. As she hung up the phone, tears blurred the woman’s already bad vision. She’d been worried for a while; now she was terrified.