Progress

[davidgillon]

Had my mother on, apparently my dad had a good day at physio, a useful session with the speech therapy people, and has now been cleared to drink unthickened liquids and eat soft (as opposed to pureed) foods. Meanwhile my sister has been in touch with the Stroke Association and one of their specialist nurses will meet with them on Wednesday before going into the 'family meeting' with the doctors with them.

I call that a good day :)

Comments

[jesse_the_k]

Yes! I'm so glad to hear that you've got a Stroke Association nurse on the team to keep the doctors focussed on what's happening and not what was in the chart or in the statistics.

[davidgillon]

Probably we should have been in touch with them beforehand, but things hadn't been a particular problem until last week - and I'm wondering if we slipped through their net because rehab is effectively split into three different hospitals in three different towns under one single organisation, and Dad's not at the central unit. I'm hoping they can actually provide a lot of advice over and above the immediate issues.

[calissa]

Agreed! I'm glad that things are looking up.