Monday, 8 September 2008

A transfer but to the wrong ward!

Jo rang this morning to say they are transferring her to the local hospital at 12:00. Good news. I was at the hospital at 3:30. She is in the acute stroke unit, whereas she should be in the Neurological Physiotherapy ward. I spoke to the sister in the acute stroke ward, who wasn't much use or help, but the sister in the Neurological ward confirmed she was only in the acute ward because of a bed shortage and her name was down for transfer. Jo seems in good spirits but must be tired from the journey as her right eye is not as open as it was and the left side of her mouth is drooping.

Posted by Unknown at 13:39

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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.