Monday, 13 October 2008

Don’t push it, it will come

Jo suggested a swivel into the bed. We agreed it might be best to use the hoist but it is good that she suggested it. Shows she is beginning to be self-motivated.

The physiotherapist was off ill so no assessment or therapy today.

One of the care assistants tonight seemed familiar with the recovery from neglect and said it was different for everyone and took time, willpower and patience. Interestingly she said not to push it, it will come.

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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.