Monday, 22 December 2008

Blood, sweat and tears

Jo got up at 09:30 as we thought she had to go to CICC for her official discharge. As it transpired her presence wasn't necessary, which would have saved me a lot of blood, sweat and tears. Especially sweat, as the humidity was 95% here today and I could have done without the exertion of the two transfers on top of washing and dressing.

There seemed no respite either, as upon our return Jo needed to be put on the commode to urinate. Immediately after urinating Jo began a bowel movement. Why can't she tell she is going to do this beforehand so I can place the commode over the toilet? She had soiled her knickers so I had to put her on the bed to clean her up and change her clothes. During this the left leg was very active, actually pushing against me at several points, although once again Jo professed to be unaware of this.

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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.