Patient Update
Last Sunday, I posted a message about how I ended up in hospital unexpectedly after a mild cerebral stroke.
I received many sweet and uplifting responses to that. With my current typing rate, I'm probably hours answering them all separately, so let me do that at once in this blog, then let me tell you how I'm doing right away.
First of all: thanks for all the sweet and happy comments. It's good to know that you're being thought of.!
Than the update.
The first night in such a hospital, you may know it, are dealing with excellent care and control. At different times of the night my blood pressure was monitored. A moment that is also used to keep your temperature and oxygen saturation of the blood. All useful, but you'll wake up for it. If you are ready to fall asleep then you'll soon be woken up for the next round.
In my case, my breathing, heart rate and heart rhythm were also monitored before that there were some sticks on my body, with a thread attached to it. This wire is important, otherwise the data won't get into the measuring box. Is the connection disconnected, it triggers an alarm.
So at night I woke up from such an alarm, and shortly afterwards there was a nurse. With me everything was fine, with the thread not, because it had come loose by turning in bed. No problem, but you're awake again. In short, for a nice long and undisturbed night's sleep, you should not be in the hospital.
But I wasn't there before that either.
All Monday I had doctors, nurses and therapists to bed, who had to assess my fitness together, and how to work on improvements. Luckily walked fine.
I noticed improvements in my motor skills and speech myself. That gives hope and that's something to cherish.
The second night I was freed from the wires and only had to wake up once. That saves a lot, but because of the horribly early time of 06:00, you can forget about falling asleep again. At seven o'clock, the hospital wakes up with a.o. the repayment of the team nurses. Then it's not quiet anymore.
After that, waiting for the doctors who go around the department with an important judgment: what now?
Well, in my case, it meant home. Of course, with a lot of medication to regulate blood pressure and cholesterol and blood thinners. Of course I'll have to follow therapies. Although I obviously notice improvements again, some sounds still don't understand exactly what they're supposed to sound, and my right hand movements can be even more elegant. In short, I'm going to get speech therapy and occupational therapy.
All in all, so it's actually pretty good with me. I'm not there yet, but I am on my way expecting more improvements. I am confident.!
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It's nice that it's also so fast mapped and acted quickly, given the signals, because it's often not always the case in practice, because it's complex, great that things are set in motion for rehabilitation..