Medical Xpress March 11, 2022
Mark Brodie was sitting behind his laptop in his home office, grading student papers for a mobile applications class he taught at Simpson College in Indianola, Iowa.
Suddenly he couldn’t get his thoughts in order. Everything on the screen and in his mind felt jumbled. He’d never experienced anything like this. He knew something was wrong.
He called down to his wife, Carolyn. Also a professor at Simpson College, she normally would have been at work but happened to be home at that moment.
Carolyn came upstairs and saw that Mark’s face was drooping. He seemed confused but was able to tell her to call 911. By the time he reached the hospital, he was unable to speak.
Doctors performed...