StrokeSurvivorBlog

We retained home health care services, and met Steve’s new therapists…physical therapist Paul, and Nick the occupational therapist. They are wonderful and there was an immediate rapport between them and Steve. The speech therapist is the same one he had in the hospital. He called her “Look Left Sue” because she kept telling him to [...]

I have some wonderful news! Steve is coming home on Friday afternoon instead of Saturday, and he has been approved for home health care. All his therapies will be done at home as well, and an evaluation will be made this weekend by Bellin Home Health Care Agency to make out the therapy plan; then [...]

Yesterday (Monday) was Steve’s first day of Therapy at Woodside, and it went very well. The new therapists looked at the videos I recorded of Steve’s last few rehab sessions at Bellin where he was going up and down some steps (see below) and walking with a theraband, so they know exactly what he can do and [...]

My husband’s physical therapist used Theraband therapy to help Steve, a stroke survivor, to walk more fluidly six weeks after a massive stroke paralyzed his left arm and leg. He is being discharged from the hospital’s stroke rehab unit to go to a nursing home for more therapy. So his therapist demonstrated the Theraband technique [...]

About three weeks after Steve’s stroke, he started experiencing much pain in his left shoulder. This was caused by it becoming dislocated, a condition also known as shoulder subluxation. The shoulder joint is like a ball and socket held together by cartilage, muscles and tendons. Subluxation often occurs in the affected side of stroke survivors, [...]

Steve is being moved to Woodside Nursing Home on Saturday, and he needs much hope and encouragement. We don’t know how long he’ll be there. It all depends on how quickly he responds to therapy. The move is hard for all of us because the unknown is taking us out of our comfort zone. We have mixed [...]

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 [...]