Tuesday, 18 November 2008

Insouciance

The physiotherapy session saw another milestone with Jo standing and taking three assisted steps, one of which saw her lift and move the left leg. This was physically and mentally exhausting and Jo went back up to her bed afterwards for a well-deserved rest.

There is a certain lack of confidence that may be holding Jo back as she is afraid of falling but that is countered by her own insouciance. Just before Jo took those steps she was standing, leaning on a plinth on her right side to steady herself. Then, without thinking she raised her right arm and scratched her nose, standing and balancing all on her own without any problem.

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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.