The Cellar - View Single Post - Not the best Father's Day, my wife had a stroke!

chrisinhouston · 06-23-2015, 08:07 AM

Thanks to all for the Cellar Hugs and replies! My wife, Sarah got released last night at 7pm so my son and I went over and picked her up and brought her home. She was very happy to be home and able to sleep more comfortably in her own bed.

The Neurologist that saw her during her stay felt that the echo-cardiogram that they did yesterday morning showed she didn't have any more boogie men floating around in her blood and it was just a freak small blood clot that must have gotten stuck in some small artery in her brain and caused the stroke. She prescribed a full strength aspirin every day as well as a Statin drug to keep the blood and heart in a safe zone. Going to drop off the prescription later but it may be held up as the Dr. forgot to sign it!

Overall we have to give our hospital high marks for quality and speed of service, I know that is often not the case elsewhere. Our hospital was originally a small outlet type shopping mall that never opened and went into bankruptcy 30 years or so ago. Eventually a group of local doctors turned it into a medical center with offices inside where the shops would be, it's a great place to go walk if the weather is bad as it is all carpeted and really quite nicely decorated. Eventually they built a big hospital at one end and everything is quite new and remodeled now. Most room are private and the staff is great, really friendly and caring. About the only thing they just still can't get right is the food. Breakfast was always overcooked eggs resembling yellow cardboard with some kind of turkey based sausage or bacon and lunch and dinner reminded us of hearty middle America fare, mostly meat of some kind with gravy and overcooked vegetables! Sometimes it resembled stuff you see at a church social or potluck party. My wife did say the desserts were pretty good. Also they put her on a cadio diet so everything was very bland and really needed a shake of salt for her liking. They also have a patient release area where patients are taken to and debriefed with a nurse going over discharge papers. Kind of nice as it was away from the main area of the hospital so it was easy to park and pick up, etc. I was kind of surprised they let us just walk out, no wheelchair like the hospitals usually insist on.

She will have some followups with the Dr. and was given some exercises to do by the folks from OT and PT. They both felt she was really in pretty good shape. She still has some numbness and a tingley feeling on her left side but her sense of feel for temperatures is coming back. Like when she drinks a hot or cold liquid, now she can feel it in her mouth and throat more like normal. She says her and and left food still feel like Novocaine wearing off. Hopefully it will continue to get better.

06-23-2015, 08:07 AM	#12
chrisinhouston Professor Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: Houston TX Posts: 1,857	Thanks to all for the Cellar Hugs and replies! My wife, Sarah got released last night at 7pm so my son and I went over and picked her up and brought her home. She was very happy to be home and able to sleep more comfortably in her own bed. The Neurologist that saw her during her stay felt that the echo-cardiogram that they did yesterday morning showed she didn't have any more boogie men floating around in her blood and it was just a freak small blood clot that must have gotten stuck in some small artery in her brain and caused the stroke. She prescribed a full strength aspirin every day as well as a Statin drug to keep the blood and heart in a safe zone. Going to drop off the prescription later but it may be held up as the Dr. forgot to sign it! Overall we have to give our hospital high marks for quality and speed of service, I know that is often not the case elsewhere. Our hospital was originally a small outlet type shopping mall that never opened and went into bankruptcy 30 years or so ago. Eventually a group of local doctors turned it into a medical center with offices inside where the shops would be, it's a great place to go walk if the weather is bad as it is all carpeted and really quite nicely decorated. Eventually they built a big hospital at one end and everything is quite new and remodeled now. Most room are private and the staff is great, really friendly and caring. About the only thing they just still can't get right is the food. Breakfast was always overcooked eggs resembling yellow cardboard with some kind of turkey based sausage or bacon and lunch and dinner reminded us of hearty middle America fare, mostly meat of some kind with gravy and overcooked vegetables! Sometimes it resembled stuff you see at a church social or potluck party. My wife did say the desserts were pretty good. Also they put her on a cadio diet so everything was very bland and really needed a shake of salt for her liking. They also have a patient release area where patients are taken to and debriefed with a nurse going over discharge papers. Kind of nice as it was away from the main area of the hospital so it was easy to park and pick up, etc. I was kind of surprised they let us just walk out, no wheelchair like the hospitals usually insist on. She will have some followups with the Dr. and was given some exercises to do by the folks from OT and PT. They both felt she was really in pretty good shape. She still has some numbness and a tingley feeling on her left side but her sense of feel for temperatures is coming back. Like when she drinks a hot or cold liquid, now she can feel it in her mouth and throat more like normal. She says her and and left food still feel like Novocaine wearing off. Hopefully it will continue to get better.