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open heart surgery and stroke
by 2manytears, May 07, 2004 12:00AM
Hello, My mother had open heart surgery and a stroke, my Q is ... it took her a week to wake up from the surgery and after a month is still in hosp., she responds at times and sometimes sleeps for a whole day. Is this a normal stroke, she has spasticity on one side.Everything I have read claims she should be responding more than this. She still has a trache with oxygen.The doctors say everyone is different and are not giving us much information.She can move her head to respond yes and no and is starting to get aggrivated it seems. She can move both sides at times and wiggle her toes, so shouldnt she be responding more than this. I cannot believe this happened to my mom. Any information would be very helpful and appreciated, thank you.
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can she recognize u? can she sit/talk? how r u feeding her?
Hope she feels better soon. and hope my dad also recovers soon. its so devastating to see our loved ones like that!