Monday 2 March 2009

Once again, we're waiting

Mum has been having TIA's lately.
These are:
" A transient ischemic attack (TIA, often colloquially referred to as “mini stroke”) is caused by the changes in the blood supply to a particular area of the brain, resulting in brief neurologic dysfunction that persists, by definition, for less than 24 hours; if symptoms persist then it is categorized as a stroke.[1]"
It's significant in that they usually lead to a stoke quite quickly. Thankfully, she is not in pain and not distressed .

She has pretty much lost the ability to speak beyond limited one word answers and feels the need to pace up and down constantly. She can still recognise some faces although she does get confused easily.

I sincerely hope that she doesn't feel pain and that she does not suffer for long.

We're well down the road of selling Mum and Dad's house. We've successfully negotiated the Home report hurdle, the surveyors have been in and the For Sale sign should be going up in the next few days.
It'll be a sad day, but needs must and there's a lot of care home fees to pay on completion of the sale.