Monday, 10 November 2008

Early days with the rotunda

Jo was asleep when I arrived at 15:30, having been in the chair from 08:30 until 13:30. Her ankle was elevated on a pillow and the swelling of the last few days was much reduced. The doctor's diagnosis was that this was part of her condition, so he got that right. He has prescribed something to stop her urinating during the night. They have also given her a sleeping tablet at Jo's request, which the nurse and I do not agree with.

Jo got in the chair at 16:30 for tea, getting back into bed at 19:30. They have been using the rotunda to help Jo get in and out of bed as well as the toilet. When she got up at 16:30 they placed her left hand on the handle and I observed Jo actually pulling up with that arm. Once again she professed to be unaware of this, although she did complain about the pain. Getting back into bed at night she was tired and did not stand as well, nor use her left arm.

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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.