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Jess Winter

Jess Winter

School librarian and vestibular patient advocate with Master's in Library Science; guest on ICU Podcast discussing concussion recovery and vestibular disorders

Jun 5, 2026

6:23
Mm.
6:23
And w- ended up in the emergency room and was discharged that night, and I remember waking up the next morning again incredibly nauseated.
6:33
And looking back, it wasn't, concussion care wasn't discussed because I don't recall blacking out or being unconscious.
6:44
But then I do remember, and they go through the questions like, "Who's the president?" I remember my, my recall was not what it was [laughs] at the time because I had to sit there and, like, dig for that information.
6:54
But they didn't see that in a working of my brain trying to remember.
6:58
And that happened on a Saturday, and Wednesday, like, I, like, I just felt weird.
7:04
And I was a little bit dizzy, and I had a sinus infection prior, so I was already on medication.

41 MINS LATER

47:44
What would you share with them, and, and what might you have done differently if you, looking back on it?

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