Thursday, 11 September 2008

The phenomenon of hemispatial neglect

I read up on the phenomenon of hemispatial neglect, which I think is where the negative consultant gets his pessimism from, as studies seem to show less recovery of motor functions in patients so afflicted. I remain optimistic as that appears to be in patients where the syndrome originates in the rear of the brain. Jo has mild symptoms of this (not seeing objects to her left, feeling the right side more when both sides are touched) but I am sure those symptoms are abating. This fits in with the neurosurgeon’s view of recovery beginning after 3-4 months.

Jo had her first session with the local physiotherapists today and sat in a wheelchair for half an hour afterwards. She seems much improved, able to balance herself.

Posted by Unknown at 13:53

No comments:

Post a Comment

Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom)

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.