Sunday, 28 June 2009

Horrid sticky weather

The weather is hot and humid, which is making us both listless. I'm not sure who is the most lethargic, Jo because of struggling with the "weight" of her left side, or me struggling with pressure of work, housework and caring for Jo. Not for the first time I find myself wishing for a windfall which would enable me to take a sabbatical from work and devote more time and energy to Jo's recovery.

Jo has been persuaded to start taking warfarin. I have my doubts about the necessity of this and some misgivings too. With one untreated aneurysm and a clipped one that may be still healing I question the wisdom of thinning her blood at this stage. The consultant physiotherapist brushed these concerns aside but he could only quote statistics in rebuttal. I will seek other advice.

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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.