Betty, Mom will be 81 in June.

May God bless you and hold you and give you strenghth.

My prayers are for you and your mom...It is indeed a hard time, but you must remember to look after yourself. Out of love and concern for the people we cherish, we often forget to "take care of the caregiver."

You are one strong woman, Tutu. I've admired and learned from your smart, good advice over the past year.

Take care, sending prayers from British Columbia
Peggy

What is Mangosteen - is it related to Mangoes?

Did you get the doctors comments on the Mangosteen after she improved?

I never saw the dr again. Probably was embarrassed I showed him up! But I can tell you that several nurses were very impressed!

Mom has kind of plateaued. Hope she will still improve. She started therapy the other day. I have to remind myself it's only been 2 1/2 weeks.

I know others have mentioned the importance of taking time to take of yourself, be it a quiet walk, a talk with a good friend, or a good cry when needed....please do it for yourself and for her.

Continued prayers and good thoughts to you and your family as you go through this TuTu.

JavaBeing

The physical part is pretty bad. She can't sit on her own, nor stand [obviously]. They will be giving her therapy and i hope that helps SOON.

I had hoped to get her back to the hospital's rehab unit, but i don't know. She has to be able to shift her weight, sit and probably stand at least some.

So, thanks for the prayers. We've been blessed by them!

Tutu, thanks for the update on your Mom, 81 coming soon.

Yes, these are the days when you take 1 hr. at a time, 1 day at a time. When things progress then you can think 1 week to 1 month down the line.

Glad she has YOU, her precious daughter, being the strong advocate for her! Way to go Gayle, we're all proud of you being a 1 in a million daughter, and strong moral support person here on this board.

She's blessed to have you in all of this.

I hope things get a little better every day.

Not much change since my April 5th report. She was talking so much today, that I couldn't keep up! It's very hard to understand her, but that's not stopping her!

She was also moving around in bed more than I've seen before. Hoping her "trunk control" improves soon, so she can possibly sit up on her own.

Right now, she can't turn over in bed, or anything, but maybe she will in a few days. She's getting "restorative" therapy. They are working on getting her to move her arms and legs.

She's made more progress than I ever dreamed she'd be able to. Even though this is her 4th major stroke, I'd never seen her during the first two weeks after a stroke until this one.

[She was living in Texas when she had her first 3 strokes, and I was already in Missouri. She's been here in MO for 6 1/2 yrs now.]

Anyway, thanks to everyone for all the prayers. God is listening!

I am so sorry for your mom! Sorry also not to have seen this post...Lyme Brain.

Please do some research on Vitamin E and strokes...depending on which kind, it may help a lot.

You and your family are in my prayers.

My mom is 78...had a quad by-pass four years ago...so I empathize with you.

just checking in on you.

i have not been on here much.

i do send you prayers and a big ((( hug )))

amyb