Day 354 - Monday 17th April 2006
Today has been a "reminder of Karen's stroke" day. It's not been a bad day, don't get me wrong, but a few stroke related things have popped up.
kp got up early today, about 10am. I was amazed, but pleased.
We had our usual breakfast outside. kp buttered her own toast today, but she doesn't like doing it, because it reminds her how hard it is with only one controlled hand. What is interesting (to me) is how she cut the toast. Bear in mind, kp neglects her left field of vision. She doesn't see 1/8th (of the left) of what we see. It shows itself in her cutting of the toast.
She would think she cut the toast in the middle, but as the picture shows (which she has no idea I took), she was quite a bit off. She thinks the left hand side of the toast is closer to the right than it actually is. Notice also the butter on her left finger (highlighted). I only spotted this just now when I am writing the blog, but I guarantee that butter is probably still on her finger, or all over the furniture, because of the reduced sensation in her left arm/hand. It's something the family is aware of and we look out for certain things from time to time, but these are shareable examples.
Today, she wasn't quite herself however.
During our breakfast conversation, she was trying to get a sentence out, but couldn't find the word "depends". She could say the sentence in a different way, but it was really frustrating her that she couldn't pick the word out.
kp:- I feel like everything is in slow motion.
So, after breakfast, on my suggestion, she went back to bed to get some extra zzzz's. She got up about 3pm and we have had a nice afternoon doing very little.
That's it for today.
kp got up early today, about 10am. I was amazed, but pleased.
We had our usual breakfast outside. kp buttered her own toast today, but she doesn't like doing it, because it reminds her how hard it is with only one controlled hand. What is interesting (to me) is how she cut the toast. Bear in mind, kp neglects her left field of vision. She doesn't see 1/8th (of the left) of what we see. It shows itself in her cutting of the toast.
She would think she cut the toast in the middle, but as the picture shows (which she has no idea I took), she was quite a bit off. She thinks the left hand side of the toast is closer to the right than it actually is. Notice also the butter on her left finger (highlighted). I only spotted this just now when I am writing the blog, but I guarantee that butter is probably still on her finger, or all over the furniture, because of the reduced sensation in her left arm/hand. It's something the family is aware of and we look out for certain things from time to time, but these are shareable examples.
Today, she wasn't quite herself however.
During our breakfast conversation, she was trying to get a sentence out, but couldn't find the word "depends". She could say the sentence in a different way, but it was really frustrating her that she couldn't pick the word out.
kp:- I feel like everything is in slow motion.
So, after breakfast, on my suggestion, she went back to bed to get some extra zzzz's. She got up about 3pm and we have had a nice afternoon doing very little.
That's it for today.
posted by David Pollard at Monday, April 17, 2006
1 Comments:
Hey Blondie, the botox queen is back in business. I can see the anual Pollard easter egg hunt was another huge success.The platinum club has its very own easter bunny now (titters) aka bunny boiler HA HA ,another slap for me will entertain you with that tail,little fluffy round tail on BINGO night!.. Glad to see you out on the trail with david and the doggies.Meanwhile back at the pussy ranch all is well,except wa gaz nearly lost Blynn yesterday when we were at work and had to do a mercy dash up and down the back lane in a bathrobe to find him before i returned.Thankfully it was a long one (bathrobe) as earlier Deb called and was greated at the door by a flasher in one of my short bathrobes,,guess who?...So,eyes down,look in,get ready for next friday,oooooh its been a while since i ve had a bingo dress on ,,,stand by with the dobbers,,I can just see the headlines, PLATINUM CLUB WINS THE NATIONAL.....Lots of love LOOPY LYDIA XXXX
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