When I woke up on Wednesday morning the Nurse told me that Helen had been in during the night and would return later. Apart from the normal observations I was left pretty much on my own. I had been given a copy of the Australian news paper to read but had difficulty understanding it. After a while I realised that the paper was a broad sheet and that I was reading across the columns. I had to mask off the area I wished to read.
I was still having problems with selecting words but thing we improving. I was also allowed to get up and shower and shave myself. I was still dressed in a nightshirt at I was being coupled up to an ECG every few hours.
About 10.00am Helen turned up with my rescuer from Monday night, B. Helen had got up at some ungodly hour, caught the bus to my home In Tewantin intending to drive back to the hospital in my car. B had met her and let her know that my little dog, Louis, had been put in kennels by my dog walking friend, B. The first B drove Helen back to the hospital as Helen wasn't sure of the way. I was very pleased to see Helen and after B left Helen sat with me for a while but made a discrete exit while I failed another cognition test!
I was visited by the Head of the Stroke Unit who said that he wanted to do a PET scan to check the extent of my stroke. He though that I had avoided any major physical problems from the stroke. I had a slight weakness on my right side and I also still had cognition problems. He thought that I would benefit from some physiotherapy and some speech therapy. The PET scan was scheduled for Thursday morning and if things we OK I could go home Thursday afternoon providing I had somebody to keep an eye on me. He also said that I would need to be on Warfarin and it would take some time to dial in the correct dosage. In the mean time I was to try and return to a normal life which includes cycling and MOW but driving is not allowed until my Warfarin settles down.
Helen bought her lunch and dinner in the hospital's canteen and stayed with me until about 9.30 when she went back to her hostel room.
I was a lot happier and was looking to going home.
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