He said we could be "cautiously optimistic" that John would have no more of these intracerebral hemorrhage things. Also, John will not need to see him again unless new symptoms appear. He should, however, consider taking meds for high blood pressure even 'tho his is within the guidelines for normal. So...I imagine he will do this under the supervision of his internist (the idiot who has misdiagnosed shingles on my face and also on John's foot, diagnosed the stroke as Bell's Palsy, etc, sent him home to take high dose of aspirin with bleeding into his brain)It will take some months for John to feel like himself again but will gradually improve if he doesn't overdo it. I could've hugged Clint when he interjected that his Dad always pushed himself too hard and it was impossible for anyone to keep him from it. (He left out the unsaid "unless you tied him down.") By doing what he did, Clint kept me from being a nagging overprotective wife-type. Doctor laughed and repeated his words to John, who pretended that overdoing wouldn't be a problem, lol. Funny. NOT! John is scheduled for an MRI w/ dye on July 5 to take a close look @ his brain after the blood has been absorbed so as not to block anything from view. I got to see the CT film today. Nothing like a close look to see what's going on in your husband's head. Hope I get to see the angiogram that was done, as well. John and Clint did and were most impressed by the technology. Viewed it on 3 large flat panel screens w/ highest resolution possible while John was in the hospital and I was here at home.
I'm so happy to have it confirmed that a full recovery from this can be expected. In the back of my mind is the concern there will be more of these things down the road, but then life is full of happiness and hazzard, no matter who you are or what has happened in the past...can't let the "what if's" get to you. I think I just need to catch up on weeks of lost sleep!
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