Guest guest Posted September 20, 2006 Report Share Posted September 20, 2006 Thought everyone would want to read this update from ’s Caringbridge web site. Barb in Texas “Wednesday, September 20, 2006 8:32 AM CDT I won't be going to town today for my scheduled appointment or labs. My mother had a stroke following surgery to clean out her carotid artery yesterday. She has good motor control, but her language center was effected and she's having trouble finding the right word to say. I'll be dealing with that situation and following up with town later. I'm itchy and probably not looking the best, but I'm hanging in here. Gotta run - it is a long drive to UVA from here! Love, ” Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 21, 2006 Report Share Posted September 21, 2006 Dear , I hope that things are improving for your mom. Why does everything have to happen at once? Here's praying that both mom and you will start feeling better soon. Ricky **UPDATE FROM DENISE** Thought everyone would want to read this update from ’s Caringbridge web site. Barb in Texas “Wednesday, September 20, 2006 8:32 AM CDT I won't be going to town today for my scheduled appointment or labs. Love,” Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 21, 2006 Report Share Posted September 21, 2006 Dear , I hope that things are improving for your mom. Why does everything have to happen at once? Here's praying that both mom and you will start feeling better soon. Ricky **UPDATE FROM DENISE** Thought everyone would want to read this update from ’s Caringbridge web site. Barb in Texas “Wednesday, September 20, 2006 8:32 AM CDT I won't be going to town today for my scheduled appointment or labs. Love,” Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 22, 2006 Report Share Posted September 22, 2006 Hi all - Mom's doing much better. They sent her home yesterday with instructions for Dad to set up in-home speech therapy appointments to help her with word retrieval. She's saying a lot more and making more sense. It gets tough when the words aren't used often or if the context is difficult. One of our cousins says that she's never heard of a coratid clean out that didn't result in a stroke. Well, the docs hadn't said the risk was THAT high. I'm relieved that was all that was effected - she has full motor control and otherwise thinks fine. She can write whatever she wants because she is left handed, so I'm not worried about any situation where she's desparate to find her words - she's got a back-up. I'm doing all right. My itching is a little improved this morning, and I have managed to sleep the last few nights after two long trips to UVA (150 miles one-way) and a trip to town (for my labs). I've been trying hard to take care of myself as well as everyone else. My sinuses have managed to improve a bit despite wearing myself out. I have a little boy who is very upset that we don't have the healthiest foods in the house (I received a lecture on this while I fixed his snack for school), and a husband whom I've barely seen all week. Boy am I looking forward to this weekend?! I should get off of here in case my coordinator calls with my lab results and answers to my questions from the note I left her yesterday...Thanks for checkin' in everybody. I'm really handling things pretty well. After this past year, what's one MORE thing?! Love, (Deb in VA) updates at www.caringbridge.org/va/deniseb Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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