Monday, 22 September 2008

Jo has a CLQT test

In the morning Jo seemed to be going backwards, with strong leaning to the right. They did a CLQT test which showed some remaining signs of hemispatial neglect, although not too severe. They have stopped the Gabapentin, replacing it with Paracetamol 4 times a day. The pain in her arm and leg seems to be stronger, but only when it is moved. Three and a half hours in the chair today.

She was better by the evening and in better spirits.

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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.