Monday, 30 March 2009

Jo is still apprehensive but exhibits some more movement in her foot

A trip out to Waitrose for lunch and some shopping was only marred by the performance getting out of the car upon our return. Not unnaturally Jo is apprehensive about getting out of the car on her left side. This has been exacerbated since the fall, which was on that side and has led to her exhibiting defensive behaviour and tensing up when I attempt to help her out. Her rehabilitation has definitely been set back by the fall.

Sitting in the chair that evening I observed that Jo's left foot was leaning to the left at the ankle. Jo was able to move the foot back without any assistance although it did take some effort. When I commented that Jo would not have been able to do that last month Jo said she would not have been able to do it last week. Let us hope her neurological recovery is gathering pace.

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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.