Mom was more alert from time to time than she has been since her initial stroke. Most of that owes to no longer being heavily sedated. She seemed aware of her predicament, and even had some reaction to some of the questions she was asked. Of course, the bad news is that she definitely didn’t like what she was perceiving to be that predicament.
Her heart rate is pretty steady now, but she has had some trouble keeping her blood pressure from fluctuating, and occasionally breathes pretty fast. All in all, none of these things seem to be life-threatening.
Tomorrow there will be a decision about putting a shunt tube in to be sure that her intracranial pressure stays in a normal range. She is likely to need that as she starts the road to recovery.
And besides all of that, there isn’t much else for us to do except wait and hope for small improvements from day to day.
Thanks Tom, these messages are very important. Please give her the following messages: the entire bridge group is totally discombabulated without her leadership and also that I couldn’t go to our last NU class on Tuesday as I would be too unfocused without her sitting beside me, knitting and making cynical comments. Sue
Tom,
Thank you for the blog. I have been following Tasha’s progress from Day 1. At first via my mom’s email (thank you, Jessie!), and now through your blog. Tasha HATES hospitals (she discouraged my mom, Pauline, from having life-saving heart surgery 2 years ago because it would involve a hospital stay!) So it is not surprising that she would be less than thrilled with her current situation….However, Tash is a strong willed lady, a fighter, and I ‘m expecting her to fight her way out of the hospital and back to Cosmo, the Mather, and her friends. So many are rooting for her. My thoughts and prayers go out to you and your sisters,
Annie Mayo