Saturday, 8 May 2010

Another setback

Jo's gout has returned in her left foot with a vengeance, forcing her to cancel further physiotherapy. The doctor has prescribed steroids for the gout and antibiotics for cellulitus on her leg. Being bedridden again is depressing for Jo and a strain on me as I struggle to cope, yet again, with the further demands on my time this causes.
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Different strokes...

It has been nearly seven years since Jo suffered a "controlled" stroke whilst undergoing brain surgery to clip the blood vessel that had caused a subarachnoid haemorrhage in 2000. Sadly two successive coilings did not occlude the bleed and so Jo had a craniotomy in August 2008. During surgery the surgeon discovered the coiling had penetrated the rear of the aneurysm, occasioning emergency repair procedures. Consequentially they spent one and a half hours longer in surgery than expected, leading to the right half of Jo's brain forgetting it has to look after the left side of her world.