My brother-in-law had a unique stroke on January 22nd. For the first couple of weeks he would speak words but they made no sense and he had no idea who he was or where he was. He has no paralysis or facial changes. He is able to dress and feed himself. The stroke attacked the left side of his brain. He's slowly recovering. He was checked out of stroke rehab last Thursday morning.
He came to our house for dinner on Thursday and Sunday. He ate well, but didn't stay long as he did before the stroke. He never really spoke anything we could understand. Yesterday my husband and I decided to take him to the golf course. He knows the course well as he's the owner. He really enjoyed the drive as we saw many eagles and one heron on highway 99. When we got to the golf course he recognized the employees, but didn't call them by name. The golf course was closed because there has been so much rain but the restaurant remains open. He watched the outside crew a they were working and commented on what they were doing. He is very happy and a pleasure to take out.
On our drive home he said "it will be good in a couple of months"! When he got back to his home his son was there and he told him all about his day! "It took 25 minutes to drive there". "There were three of us at lunch". "We started at their house and then drove to lunch". "Lunch was good". We now know he understands everything.
He's come a long way in five weeks and we have hope he will continue to improve.
