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Saturday: 8/12/17: The day was long for me it was a beautiful day later in the evening Dr. Kehr paid patient 6253 that is Therese a visit, and we talked about the conversation I had earlier with the case doctor, he told me that they would start her off on COUMADIN after telling him my fears about the drug he assured me of his length of practice and that they would take all precautions to start her off right on that drug The nurse was instructed to give her the new medication in the evening which would be the time for her medication, at 8:30 pm Saturday the 11th, the COUMADIN was given to her along with a shot of Lovenox. It is now 11:30 pm I was getting exhausted and weary I decided to call it a day and said good night to my wife after taking care of her hygiene and saying our evening prayers. Sunday: 8/13/17: Stepping into the patient 6253 room the wife's room I was greeted by her outstretched arms, she was lying naked in a pool of urine with nothing on. Quickly I held her hands and proceeded to clean her up and clothe her in my haste I forgot to call the attendant her nurse, it so happens she was assigned two that morning, but neither was present Another team member saw me and proceeded to lend me a helping hand, we took her off the bed place her on the commode took the wet gown off her, later about twenty minutes or so after she had finished urinating we stood her up and proceeded to clean her and clothe her which brought a sigh of relief to her face and mine as well The bulletin board strictly states her condition and procedure to follow, it’s just a matter of following through and paying attention. This started me off on a worrisome day although no such incident like this has happened in the past, let’s hope this is an isolated incident I have great respect for the nurses who have taken care of her from the time she was placed in the room The occupational Therapist saw my worried face and inquire as to my dilemma I told her exactly what had transpired, she indicated that she would convey my concerns I believe this to be an isolated incident. Living With Hydrocephalus THERESE HOSPITAL & REHAB STAY Hydrocephalus is the build-up of too much cerebrovascular fluid in the brain. Normally, this fluid cushions your brain. When you have too much, though, it puts harmful pressure on your brain. Hydrocephalus can be congenital, or present at birth. Causes include genetic problems and problems with how the fetus develops. An unusually large head is the main sign of congenital hydrocephalus. Hydrocephalus

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Thursday: 8/10/17 morning was supposed to be another eventful day in our life, as usual, my wife was wide awake and crawling out of bed next to me, she got out of bed alright but she was not her chirpy self, she was mumbling to me I could not understand what she was saying, normally I do. Well knowing that she had suffered several strokes before I was prepared for the fact that she could not walk when she could walk the night before got me concerned, Knowing that she could get better treatment within the first hour if seen by a physician, I took her to the hospital of choice Columbia St. Mary’s. On arriving at the emergency she was treated by the physicians her condition was diagnosed she was admitted and taken to room 6253 in the care of Dr. Kehr. The original diagnosis of her condition after viewing the MIR was that she had suffered multiple strokes, the physician was not able at the time to pinpoint where it was coming from. Therese is equipped with a loop recorder the information collected showed no abnormalities, although no significant information was collected however the fact that there were no abnormalities meant that they could cross out heart fibula ion or areas about the heart. Friday: 8/11/17: So the test begins the first in line was of course the MIR followed by a head x- ray and observation, Therese was on the drug Plavix, Plavix is a blood thinner it is supposed to deter stroke in many cases the drug works, however in Therese case the drug did not work as expected. Behind the scenery the doctors continue to attack the cause of Therese’s continuous stroke episodes, I was informed of the latter of their findings which was nothing at this time, but they assured me that they were consulting the case, I needed a little more information from the doctors making the decisions on Therese case and requested the presence of one of them. We talked I told him since they were still baffled as to the origins of the stroke I believe it’s time we switch gears and look elsewhere, I told him about Therese's history and how as a teenager she had two severe accidents first she was trodden down by a bicycle which ran across her head. Second, she was in a major car accident and suffered a head injury could this be the cause of her stroke, the physician assured me that the x-rays of her head were normal showed no head trauma or tumor, and that the only area affected was the previous stroke followed by multiply strokes. So they can cross out the head injury and move on elsewhere, also since the Plavix does not seem to do the job they have decided to place her on a new drug, but they will keep running tests on her.