Once in the kitchen Jo performed several sidesteps. She is gaining power making sideways movements with the left foot but did require more assistance with this.
This blog was started to share my experience of caring for someone with severe hemiplegia in the hope it may help others.
Thursday, 21 January 2010
Still progressing
Jo had a good physiotherapy session today, walking from the front door to the kitchen with the assistance of the zimmer frame and the two physiotherapists. She did not require assistance to lift and place her left foot at all. The only support she required was encouragement and cajoling to help her navigate corners, which is when Jo becomes anxious and her muscles tense up.
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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.
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