StrokeSurvivorBlog

Steve is continuing to improve day by day although he’s been suffering from many therapy pains. He is being worked really hard by his therapists who push him out of his comfort zone to do things he doesn’t think is possible. But he strains for the gains, and he’s usually successful. On Thursday they had [...]

We were informed that Steve will be discharged soon, so we must start looking for a nursing home. We hoped he would be well enough to come home by the time he must leave the hospital, but it’s obvious that he isn’t. There is no way I can care for him at home. He needs [...]

Every day Steve is showing remarkable improvement in his stroke recovery. Yesterday he walked 50 ft. with the cane assisted by one therapist. Their goal for him is to walk 150 ft. He’s trying very hard to work the left arm, and today they hooked it up to some electrodes to stimulate his muscles. His said [...]

Today Steve took his first WALK with a cane! It was a very emotional day for us as I videotaped him walking. He went about 12 ft. assisted by one therapist who helped him move the left foot forward.  In order for him to raise the foot up, he had to lift up his hip to swing it forward. This was extremely [...]

GOOD NEWS!  This afternoon Steve turned a corner in his stroke recovery!!!! He ate really well at dinner time after hardly eating anything at lunch. One of the goals the speech therapist set for him in his stroke rehabilitation is for him to eat 50% of his food and he did that at dinner. He [...]

Steve appears to be responding to the new antibiotic. His eyes aren’t as red, but he’s not out of the woods yet. He says he feels better, but it’s still difficult for him to swallow, chew or even breathe through his nose. His face was still swollen when I left him at 8:30 tonight. This is [...]

At 8:30 tonight Steve was still at Bellin Rehab Unit hooked up to IVs with a stronger antibiotic and saline for dehydration. Dr. Davis who specializes in infections looked at Steve and suspects cellulitis of the eyes or a staph infection that got on the inside of him, which can be deadly. They’re not absolutely sure that that’s it, so they’re [...]