Wednesday, 29 December 2010

The moving finger

Our Xmas has been marred by what appears to be an infection in Jo's right index finger. It began on Xmas Eve and at that time we assumed it was gout, as it manifested as a reddish swelling on the knuckle.

It laid Jo low on Xmas day and sapped her strength such that I called an emergency doctor on Boxing Day. By this time the swelling and redness had progressed toward the wrist. The doctor's diagnosis was infection and she prescribed 1,000 mg a day of fluxocilin.

This has rocked Jo even more but the swelling does seem to be abating. We shall see if the moving finger of fate, having written another chapter, moves on.
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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.