Thursday, 21 October 2010

Well done Jo

Today was an important day for Jo. Her care agency were here to assess Jo's walking and transfers in order that they might assist her with both on a daily basis. This is important because frequency is the key to effective rehabilitation.

Beforehand Jo was apprehensive about how well she would perform these tasks as the pain in her feet from the increased stiffening of the muscles has been quite intense of late. So much so that Jo was unsure if she could even stand, let alone step.

Credit must go to Jo's carers, who took the extra time this morning and made the extra effort to coax Jo into standing.

This had a remarkably efficacious effect on Jo's confidence and, once the physiotherapist and care assessment assistant arrived, Jo managed the crucial walk from her bedroom to the wetroom and the transfers from her glideabout to the chair with aplomb.

The care assessor has therefore supported the carers assisting Jo with these on a daily basis, which is sure to help Jo become more mobile more rapidly.
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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.