Waiting Game - Surgery Day

9:30pm: Lisa's face/eye(left-side) are swelling. Her right side does look stronger. She's shifting alot with her left side. They fed her graham crackers and applesauce. She was not chewing properly, the food is pocketing on the right side of her mouth. She is having a hard time swallowing. She gulps instead of sipping. They won't give her anything until the speech therapist comes in tomorrow to evaluate her swallowing and her speech. She asked for pain medicine. The nurse keeps telling her to keep her hands away from her face. Her eyes are shut. She seems to be resting comfortably.

She does feel her feet and her arms. Tomorrow she will have a CT-SCAN as a general post-op baseline. When the swelling goes down (4-5 days), they will do another CT-SCAN to determine the deficit of the stroke.

10pm: Lisa's moved her right leg, not alot, but better! She keeps getting in trouble with the nurse for touching her head. Not saying a word... sneaky girl....

12am: She is lifting her right leg significantly and shifting alot! Not so much her right arm and her mouth droops on the right. Looking stronger! She favors her left side and she is also left handed. I took a picture of her, she said "light". She knew who I was and wouldn't smile for the camera. The art of silence she has mastered. If you stand on her right side, she cannot see due to the "Visual Right Field Cut Deficit". This is most likely permanent. But remember, it is Lisa! I'm kicked out of the room for tonight. I will try to get some sleep!

The nurse wanted to give me a heads up for tomorrow. She will be in alot of pain, the swelling will be significant. She probably won't be able to move her right side at all.