Personal account of my father's Wernickes stroke. His recovery, and how I am trying to help him.
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This blog is my account of my father's Wernickes stroke, also called a 'cerebral vascular accident' or in my father's case, an "ischemic stroke". I hope that my blog helps or gives some insight to this terrible event. I will post links as I come across them to give more information or give direction for help if anyone is interested.
Tuesday, September 28, 2010
Something More Is Wrong Than I Thought
August 18. The physical therapist called around 9am. She wanted to come to the house for an evaluation. During her evaluation, she asked dad to raise his right arm. Dad followed along watching the physical therapist raise her right arm, and raised his left arm. Then the physical therapist told dad to raise his right arm. The P.T. did not raise her right arm this time. Dad just stared at her. She told dad again to raise his arm, and nothing, just a stare. There is more to what's going on here, I thought. Well, not paying attention to what the P.T. was telling me, I was very agreeable, and went along with discharging dad from home health care, including speech therapy.
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