Wednesday, 13 August 2008

Still in a coma but there are signs of life

Jo has some colour in her cheeks after a blood transfusion and is responding to commands, barely opening her eyes but able to move her right side in response to commands. They stopped the dopamine this morning so are weaning her off the sedative. The brain swelling is under control and shows no sign of recurring. The main focus is on her heart rate, which is erratic, and blood pressure, which is high.

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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.