my nan has had a stroke.......what to expect now?

[queenrollo]

my nan had a stroke before christmas which she recovered very well from......but she had another one last week which is much worse. they transferred her to Sheffield for a scan and i have had a call to say she is fitting a lot and is unconscious all the time now.....she will not be leaving hospital and there is some debate about whether they will move her to a hospital closer to home.

can anyone tell me what might happen next......could she be like this for ages or is the end nigh?

(i'm not terribly close to her to be honest but this is still a shock)

{{{{HUGS}}}} We recently went through this with my FIL. He had a stroke around two years ago from which he recovered 100%. Then in January this year, he had a major stroke and was left unable to feed himself, no movement in right side and limited movement in left side. There was also some debate initially as to whether he could see.
You should reall talk to the hospital and ask them to be totally honest with you. Ask them if thee's any chance of moving her closer to the family. It may be that they want her moved to a nursing home - so the family should have say on where that is located. How old is your nan?

Im sorry,
she may come round and be unable to do stuff for herself you can generally cope with one stroke but two your body struggles with. they wil see if she improves then if she does they will send her to a rehab hospital where they can help her learn to do stuff for herself again. the other is what you are expecting to be honest. it takes different amounts of time to recover, its a case of keeping a check on her speak to staff caring for her they will have more recent experience than me as its been a cpl of years since i was at rehab hosp! good luck hope things improve

((Queenrollo)). I am afraid that something very similar happened with my gran, and she only survived just over a week. Sorry.

Queenrollo - it can vary enormously. My godmother had half a dozen or so very serious strokes, several of which she wasn't expected to recover from, but did, more or less.

The mind has an amazing capacity to pull back from these things, or it may lead to complications from which she cannot recover. If she does make even a partial recovery, bear in mind that she may hear/understand a lot of what is said to her, even if she cannot speak. After one stroke, my godmum was apparenly lost to us, and very very poorly, when a couple at the next bed were debating the date of the next cup final. Without opening her eyes, she called out, loudly, 14 May - and she was right! Then didn't speak for nearly 3 more weeks and then couldn't communicate many simple ideas or words. Even at the end when she was very poorly we were still sure she was a lot more aware than the nursing home assumed.

Do feel free to CAT me if you want to. She was with us for nearly 10 years after her first serious stroke.

Sorry to hear this.

I think the answer is that nobody can predict much in the early days after a stroke. Each one is different and depending on location and extent the results and recovery will all vary vastly.

Hope you get some good news.

thankyou for your replies.....

my nan is in her early/mid 70's......she has been ill with various things for years and been told repeatedly to stop smoking. after her last stroke she was told if she didn't stop the cigs that this would happen.....but she carried on smoking. if she regains conciousness she will be very frustrated.....she has a fierce temper and will not like being incapacitated one bit.

my uncle has now informed me they've signed a DNR as they've had to bring her back after two of the fits.

it's an emotional upheaval for me......my dad is missing and no-one knows where to start looking to tell him. (not that he will care but that's a whole other thread)