Monday, 29 June 2009

Jo opts for self-propulsion

Jo had a consultation for a powered wheelchair today. There were two types on offer; one powered by an electric motor, which came in indoor and outdoor versions and one which enabled Jo to self-propel with her right hand.

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As before Jo rejected the electrically powered one as she thought it might encourage dependence and, after trialling the self-propelled model, decided she preferred to be more independent and motivated, controlling her own propulsion. We now have an up to twelve week wait for the chair to be delivered. Let us hope Jo is able to walk to the front door to take delivery of the wheelchair by then.

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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.