Monday, 23 February 2009

We have a date for the cranioplasty

The physiotherapist came and evaluated the bed for helping Jo reach her goals:
  1. To get to a sitting position on the edge of the bed unaided. (Is easier with left side on edge of bed.) - 2 weeks
  2. To transfer from sitting on edge of bed to commode/wheelchair unaided. - 1 month
  3. To stand from sitting on edge of bed with guidance. - 1 month
The bed is good in that it is firmer but is too low so they will get a technician to raise it four inches.

The neurosurgeon's assistant called with a date of 11th of March for the cranioplasty. She also gave me a procedure number for dura repair to get approval from the health insurers, saying it may not be necessary but we should have approval just in case.
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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.