Stroke

[davidn]

Well, my dad's had a stroke. Just a small one, and it almost wasn't noticed at all - apparently he just woke up in the morning and wondered why one side of his face felt different, and didn't even think of mentioning it to the health centre until the next day.

He's been in the hospital over the last couple of days, and has been getting annoyed with people who ask him if he needs help up stairs. The worst bit was when he was taken to have a CT scan and they arrived with a wheelchair to deliver him to it, so he jumped out of bed himself and dashed down the corridor just to show he could.

He has been let out of hospital for the weekend, but still has his armband on, so he's just worried about people thinking that he's an escaped mental patient. He's been prescribed aspirin to keep his blood thin and has had a couple of tests that have been inconclusive, so he's going back to hospital tomorrow.

It's all a bit worrying, but when I phoned home this morning he was still managing to play Civilization on his laptop, and if he can do that on the superhuman difficulty level he usually plays on I don't think he'll have many problems.

Comments

[gylcbondgirl.livejournal.com]

:( sorry to hear that, hope he's doing ok. if he;s up and about and playing computer games and can dash down corridors then he should be just fine :) i'll be crossing my fingers for you all x

[diarytypething.livejournal.com]

While it sounds like he's fine, that must have been a bit scary. Here's hoping that he stays that way (fine that is, not scary).

[pami-zee.livejournal.com]

He'll be fine. I didn't know you knew until this - I wasn't allowed to mention it, as understandably you might get a bit of a shock to read on my LJ that Dad's been in hospital. He is fine, and we're (Mum and I) probably going to visit him tonight. They're not even sure if it was a stroke, and if it was, it was very minor.

[mercuryanna.livejournal.com]

That is frightening... I'm sorry you're so far away from him but I'm glad to hear he's doing well (considering). I hope the upcoming tests are helpful rather than frustrating (argh inconclusive!).

[tweeasfuck.livejournal.com]

Your dad sounds great. Hope he carries on feeling so good.

[davidn]

Thanks for withholding it. :)

Actually I was worried when you said that you'd read back through my journal, as you'll have seen what happened involving the Ford Fiesta and a downhill-rolling engineless vehicle last year. I never actually got around to telling Mum about that.