Hemorrhagic Stroke/Recovery Times OK?

[pookiemon]

My sister-in-law had a hemorrhagic stroke with a intracerebral hemorrhage. This was on May 18th. They have done a Ventriculostomy. The gas man found her in the driveway. We figure it had been somewhere between 20-35 mins. before she was found. They have her in a medically induced coma where they say she will stay for the next 3-4 weeks. Is this normal? Also, they did a cat scan on the 18th, and 19th and we were told the bleeding had stopped. They are doing another one tomorrow, and they are now talking about putting a shunt in. Once again is this normal? They say if she survives (her chances are 50/50, she is still in critical/stable condition) she will have slurred speech, minimal movement of her right arm, and a limp with her right leg. Should they be able to tell this while she is in the coma? She was concious after they flipped her over in the driveway and upon arrival at the hospital which is approx. 40 miles away.We look forward to your response. Thank you,

Lost without her hanging with us!

Barbara

[jay7134]

i had stroke last week of december, intracerebral hemorrhagic and stay in the hospital for 15 days. am two months and hoping to fully recover. everything is functioning but a little weak in my right arms and sometimes a speech problem. there is hope for everyone.

[jay7134]

i had stroke last week of december, intracerebral hemorrhagic and stay in the hospital for 15 days. am two months and hoping to fully recover. everything is functioning but a little weak in my right arms and sometimes a speech problem. there is hope for everyone.

[JulietBinoche]

My mother had a stroke and heart attack in March 2012 and only went to Cardio once and never Neuro.  She did see her PCP and was taking BP med. My dad brought her to hospital Dec 30 and they did CT for headache and sent her home with pain med.  The next day she arrested and my dad did CPR, medics defibbed. She was put in coma and hyporthermia, respirator, feeding tube. They did one stint. After Heart Cath, she had another stroke. She almost coded when they tried to do MRI.  She woke up on her own and would stare in our direction when we were talking. After Cath, she has been less responsive. Neuro said on a scale of 1 to 1,000 she is a 3.  Not looking good. CT on Friday showed damage on both sides of the brain.  They didn't know if the old stroke progressed or if it was new.  She can breathe for an hour and a half on her own, twenty minutes without alarm going off. They did a PIC to keep her BP up.  Heart breaking.  We signed DNR because that is what she would want and made clear to us.  My dad feels guilty for doing CPR, but we told him he did the right things.  They are doing TEE to scope heart and try to find blood clots. She also has Metabolic Acidosis, Rheumatoid Arthritis, Pneumonia under control, running fever.  So difficult to see her like this.

[Skaria]

Hi All
My wife age 30 years, name Jeena, recently had hemmoragic stroke after 12 days of pregnancy. We had our one of the best gift from God, a twins (boy & a girl). Later 2 weeks of pregnency she developed an acute pain in the head & fainted. We took her to the Hospital, were they confirmed that she is very critical & needs an urgent surgery. After the surgery its 20 days, she is improving her health in terms of an infection which effected her in between but her responses are very little. She is opening her eyes less frequently & showing no further signs.

We are frequently trying to stimulate her but could not find any quick results. I am aware that the patience is the key, as each day passes my frustration level is rising.

I have lot of questions hoovering in my mind regarding the time taken for her recovery & what to do at this stage to mprove her response. Are this time taken a common way. Looking at the age of my wife the doctors were expecting a faster response, while she is not coming upto their  expectation.

I appreciate if someone can guide me better.

[cherublove]

my husband had hemorrhagic stroke in basal ganglia, right side, on oct. 27 2012. his left side paralyzied, but is conscious, eating, etc.  doctors say will never be able to walk or move left side.  does anyone have any experience with loved one being able to move , doctors say if he hasn't moved by now, never will.  I need hope.  

[flamingmamie]

Thank you for your store.  My husband, who is 74, had a hemorraghic stroke on July 27, 2012. I was able to get him to the hospital within an hour and he was later transferred to a university training hospital 45 minutes away.  He had surgery the following evening.  He did not have the ventilator when he came from the recovery room.  He was talking exactly as he always had and telling me about a book he had read the day before his stroke.  He did so well that he was moved to the intense rehab unit in 5 days after the stroke.  The second day there he developed a fever of 103 and no one had any answers for me.  Three spinal taps didn't give any answers either.  He was moved back to the hospital for several weeks. I didn't tell you that he only weighed 112 when he went into the hospital.  This is as bad as being obese.  They did not know what to do with him.  He didn't want to eat because everything tasted like cardboard.  He did drink some, but he got dehydrated twice and had to keep getting fluids.  Finally he had to have a pick line put in and they gave nourishment through it.  These were 1800 calories based on his blood work and individual needs.
He never passed the swallow test and everything was pureed.  He was moved back to the intense rehab unit and stayed there for several weeks before they gave me notice that he had to go because he wasn't making the progress needed for Medicare to pay.  The last day there he walked around the gym three times with the Swedish walker and twice with a regular walker and went up the steps and down once.  He had just gotten to eating 75 to 100% of his meals.  Anyway, I found another facility in another down that has skilled care and rehabilitation.  He is getting OT, PT, and ST there and making slow progress.  He just wants to sleep all the time.  The doctor and caseworker at the University Hospital tried their best to get me to "let him go" naturally or put in a feeding tube.  I did neither!  He eats everything on his tray and drinks a liter of fluids a day to keep hydrated.  I stay every day from about 10 to 9.  You really have to stay on top of what is happening.  I give him a bath, change him, put him in his wheelchair, roll him around outside every day and try to work with him in his good times with card reaches, stacking colored cups, picking out ABC's or numbers.  Do everything you can and learn everything you can!