Saturday, May 24, 2008

No News...



is good news. Though Mom is still in the 'joint', as I call it (skilled nursing facility), she's hanging in there and doing okay. My brother sent her a lovely bouquet for Mother's Day, which I captured on my new (for me) Pentax ME Super. Not bad for a 25 year-old camera.

The visit to the vascular neuro-surgeon resulted in his stating that she did not have an aneurysm in the basal artery in the pons or stem area of her brain. Instead, it is a diseased (enlarged) vessel, perhaps from her past uncontrolled hypertension. At any rate, it is not operable. We got up before dawn for this appointment, so I documented it. You'd better believe it. If I'm up in time to greet Father Sun, I'm getting proof!

Saturday, May 3, 2008

Accomplishments


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Baby steps, as they say. Hearing that repeatedly can get annoying after a while, but sometimes it's all too true.

Mom is, as ever, very lucky. Many people wouldn't have use of the side affected by so many strokes, but she still does. It's weak, but she's working on it.

Thursday, May 1, 2008

Stroke Awareness Month

May is National Stroke Awareness Month

In honor of this I am going to be getting Mark McEwen's book Change in the Weather: Life after Stroke. He has a very positive attitude, which Mom needs right now. Come to think of it, so do I.