About 2 weeks ago my mom had a stroke. It was a "rolling stroke" as they called it. Since then I've been travelling in and out of hospitals and rehab centers on my 3 days off per week and some times on the weekend. Needless to say, my game is a tad off. There are many things I feel I need to blog about, but my time is short and I'm ...preoccupied.
Last friday, they took her back to the ER with complications and infections which lead me to take my night on KMRL off. There was no Darkhours Show that night. Currently they are planning to ship her back to Burke Rehabilitation.
I'm not sure I'm fine with this. Not her going to Burke, cause they're top notch, but it's looking at her that bothers me. Slurred speach, hard to move, hard to hear her voice... Where's that strong Matriarch I've known so many years?
I think it's because at the moment, from what I hear the doctors say, post stroke people are never 100%. This just makes me think my mom is broken.
Yesterday I was sitting with her one on one... teaching her to speak. It was surreal and saddening at the same time. Oddly, I've spent most of the years away from her..now she's seen me more in the past two weeks than in the last 10 years. Trippy.
It's also raised many health issues in my own mind. For example: I now muct consider that my family has a history of high blood pressure. I must now investogate those migranes I get. They think my mom may be borderline diabetic... I must now investigate this as well.
Now I really need to get out on that bike more. I'll have some other more amusing posts for you soon. This place has gotten stale. But then again, I keep adding blogs.
Posted by Darkstar at June 19, 2007 08:35 PM | TrackBack