Back at the Hospital
Feb. 4th, 2024 10:51 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
fabrisseSis calls her best friend on Sunday morning. As she was taking the dogs out, she heard a groan from Mom's room. Mom was having a full blown stroke.
I called 911. Sis tried to get her in a comfortable position and locked the dogs on the porch.
We both cleaned her up. I had to lift her onto the bed a bit better. I left a key with the neighbors so that they can feed the dogs if we're not back in time for doggy dinner. Sis and I both had to help the EMTs get her on the gurney by carrying her through the house on a special sling. (My rant about ADA compliance will come when I am not typing one fingered.)
If anyone has sent me an email in the last week, I'm sorry. I substituted daily last week and my exhaustion level was through the roof. I'll check here, and I will let everyone know when I'm back online at home.
UPDATE:
The X-RAY showed a big clot in Mom's brain. The only hospital in town that can do the procedure is another one, not affiliated with her preferred hospital. We are waiting for the ambulance to take her there. We'll follow.
SECOND UPDATE:
Mom can't have the procedure she was brought here for. The area of damage is too big. She's coherent. She can grasp with her right hand, but her left side is immobile. As difficult as Mom can be, her iron will may help immensely with rehabilitation, if we can keep her optimistic about it
I called 911. Sis tried to get her in a comfortable position and locked the dogs on the porch.
We both cleaned her up. I had to lift her onto the bed a bit better. I left a key with the neighbors so that they can feed the dogs if we're not back in time for doggy dinner. Sis and I both had to help the EMTs get her on the gurney by carrying her through the house on a special sling. (My rant about ADA compliance will come when I am not typing one fingered.)
If anyone has sent me an email in the last week, I'm sorry. I substituted daily last week and my exhaustion level was through the roof. I'll check here, and I will let everyone know when I'm back online at home.
UPDATE:
The X-RAY showed a big clot in Mom's brain. The only hospital in town that can do the procedure is another one, not affiliated with her preferred hospital. We are waiting for the ambulance to take her there. We'll follow.
SECOND UPDATE:
Mom can't have the procedure she was brought here for. The area of damage is too big. She's coherent. She can grasp with her right hand, but her left side is immobile. As difficult as Mom can be, her iron will may help immensely with rehabilitation, if we can keep her optimistic about it
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Date: 2024-02-05 02:06 am (UTC)I have seen people recover amazingly from strokes, so here's hoping.
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