PM to me, please.
Working with stroke people I found one of the best medicines to be humor and laughter. Some how the more outrageous and crazy the better the patient felt.
I have seen both sides of this story, those whose family and friends came to visit with long faces and had no idea what to say. Not good to have visitors crying and others believing you are going to die tomorrow.
Then there are the very few that march in and regale the patient and family of the crazy times in their life, have the patient , family and hospital staff all laughing.
This gift of laughter, insanity and fun has brought more people out of some life threatening conditions better then even medication.
A stroke is no laughing matter, it is how it is handled after the fact.
One can treat the patient as if they are going to die soon, or treat them to some fun, had a family take a stroke family member to the Circus and feed an elephant and watch the people preform. Take them to a comedy club so they can laugh or boo the performers.
One thing I learned was that to baby after a few months a stroke victim is not good. The one thing we want is for a stroke victim to gain independence and they may be forced but, they will thanks you later when they begin to recover.
