Marvelous Monday - 12/28/09 - late
Yeah, I'm a day late, but I have a good reason.
John capped off Christmas by having a stroke in the wee small hours of the day after Christmas. He's had mini-strokes before, but this is his first full-blown stroke. (If you want more specifics, it was in the pons portion of his brain which is part of what is commonly called the brainstem.) Being as pig-headed and stubborn as anyone in his family he refused to go to the doctor. Sunday morning enough people told him to go to the hospital, particularly Jefawfaw, that he agreed to call the doctor on Monday.
Well, of course, as soon as he told the receptionist what was going on she told him to get to an ER. NOW. He finally agreed to go. We spent Monday in the ER and last night they admitted him. Because they had him on a wonderful BP drug that requires close observation they wanted to move him to the neurology unit but there were no beds available there so they put him in ICU.
He's still there but he's doing very well. The slurred speech has cleared up and his BP has stayed down even after after stopping the IV. He's still unsteady when he stands up, but the physical therapist is working on that.
So how is this marvelous? One, we have some incredible friends. We knew that, but they are really shining right now. Two, the neurologist thinks he will recover completely. Three, I'm being reminded of just how important he is to me.
John capped off Christmas by having a stroke in the wee small hours of the day after Christmas. He's had mini-strokes before, but this is his first full-blown stroke. (If you want more specifics, it was in the pons portion of his brain which is part of what is commonly called the brainstem.) Being as pig-headed and stubborn as anyone in his family he refused to go to the doctor. Sunday morning enough people told him to go to the hospital, particularly Jefawfaw, that he agreed to call the doctor on Monday.
Well, of course, as soon as he told the receptionist what was going on she told him to get to an ER. NOW. He finally agreed to go. We spent Monday in the ER and last night they admitted him. Because they had him on a wonderful BP drug that requires close observation they wanted to move him to the neurology unit but there were no beds available there so they put him in ICU.
He's still there but he's doing very well. The slurred speech has cleared up and his BP has stayed down even after after stopping the IV. He's still unsteady when he stands up, but the physical therapist is working on that.
So how is this marvelous? One, we have some incredible friends. We knew that, but they are really shining right now. Two, the neurologist thinks he will recover completely. Three, I'm being reminded of just how important he is to me.
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