left thalamic stroke

[mothersick]

We are sick at heart. Active, intelligent, vibrant mother has been lying in the hospital 7 days with a left thalamic-midbrain stroke perhaps caused by excessive coumidin.  She cannot wake up. We wake her, she can talk, very little memory, then falls asleep again.  No paralysis, but double vision in the left eye.  Does anyone know of anyone waking up from these strokes?  No prognosis given to us by doctors.  Will she ever go home? How long will she live like this? She complained the month before of doing nothing but sleeping.  Was this the stroke? We are sad beyond description.

[Luckylinn]

Pray, pray , pray. Sister was unresponsive, although not comatose, for 30 days after a hemorraghaic stroke. I believe prayer is what pulled her out. She awoke day after her surgery, said a few words, answered a few questions and then went back to her unresponsive state for what seemed an eternity. Don't loose faith!

[sue_in_oz]

Hi

Sorry to hear about your mum's stroke :(

I guess that she had a bleed since you think it was too much coumadin.

Sleep is how/when the brain heals.  She has had a massive injury to her brain, so give her the time to heal.The one thing that all us strokees seem to have in common is the fatigue, sometimes being awake is just too much stimulation.

I can't give you a timeline, neither can her doctors, no one really knows as each stroke is so different. I know survivors who were out for a few weeks that live relatively independent lives.  Please don't impose your timeline, let your mum dictate it.

There is a slow & long road ahead, so please continue to love & support your mum - she needs you.

HTH

Sue

[BJ71]

Prayer. It works . My mother had a stroke left side brain stroke paralyzed her right side also affected her speech. The doctors we had did not give us hope they told us to put my mom in a nursing home that she probably would not recover. That was not an option for me my brother or my dad. Mom was in the hospital from Nov. 30th to Jan 14th. We went through physical therapy at the hopital with mom and we could see improvement in her even if a little bit daily. We stayed and prayed around the clock. When she came home we had been to her therapies with her and luckily I work through a hospital doing homecare and deal with therapists on a daily basis and they gave me lots of exercises and tips. Mom is now walking with a walker and one or two people beside her. She is getting better about transferring herself and her speech has improved tremendously. Never give up we are lucky we have the knowledge and time to work with her but God does perform miracles I have seen them work through her. Hang in there. Alwasys be encouraging and alwas include her in every way possible do not talk about her around her always talk to her. Best medicine is to always include them