I don't want to bore people, so I will talk about the major milestones of our survival from November onwards.

Trev fortunately never lost concsiouness after his stroke & in fact he never lost his sense of humour, making a joke out of his situation for example he called his nasogastric tube feeding...underground feeding! He suffered a lot of cognitive & visual problems thus found concentrating difficult during the first few months. This has improving tremendously particularly in the last few weeks.

He lost the use of his left side, his left arm still remains paralysed, he has slight use of his shoulder. His left leg does have a little movement & they are working on his standing/balancing skills at the moment at the Day Unit he attends.

Trev was first admitted to a Stroke Unit attached to a big hospital, this was a good unit & we felt he made progress there. Unfortunately, due to funding etc he had to be moved supposedly nearer home, to another Stroke Unit. This unit wasn't as good, the nurses were helpful & very caring, but the therapists seemed to think Trev would never amount to much...he was told he'd never walk again. At this time Trev had episodes of confusion, saying that he had walked/driven a car etc I belief much of this was due to him spending hours on his own as I couldn't visit daily. This was a horrible time for both of us , I thought my husband was lost to me. Trev has said since that at one time he thought he would never come home, that he would be in hospital for the rest of his life. I believe this didn't help his fragile state of mind at this time.

We also had to think about moving home as our house wasn't suitable for him to be discharged to from hospital. fortunately I was able to do a mutual exchange with another couple living in council accommodation & we now live in a lovely bungalow in the middle of the countryside. We are awaiting adaptation...ramps etc & the HE WILL COME HOME :Clap-Hands: :Clap-Hands:

At the moment he is in a brilliant care home where they can't do enough for him, in this setting his mind is clearing & his confusion is lessening. I am so proud of how he coped with his stroke survival...no anger or temper tantrums...just a great sense of humour :Clap-Hands: :Clap-Hands: