In article <6nohec$im0 at bgtnsc03.worldnet.att.net>,
Hal Abbott <halabbott at worldnet.att.net> wrote:
>We returned immediately to discover a different person. She wanted to
>come home in spite of typical post-surgery array of pumps and tubes. She
>imagined she saw ants crawling on the hospital walls and in her bed;
I've seen one case like that. The patient, a university professor,
had been pulled out of the water after almost drowning. As a result
he got delirium tremens with symptoms like you describe. Prognosis
was that it would be temporary. I didn't stick around to find out.
