My father is in the hospital with a stroke?

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Frank R

Drooling.

Arabian Dune

sorry to hear that sherif. please check your e mail.

Hope

How are you Sherif,

My thoughts and prayers go to your Father and all your family, i am so sorry to hear about this and May Allah swt grant him with a speedy recovery isa.

As Noha said expect and ask for Allah's mercy and ISA he will be fine. I am sorry i know nothing else to add, so i will leave this one to the doctors in our section, especially Arabian Dune, whom i am sure will answer you when he sees this q.

We all missed you and were actually worried that you have not posted anything recently, Rabena Yesfee Kol Marid.

Reikominder

Hi sherif my friend , sorry to know that , rabena ma3ah ,

there are alot of good answers here , hope it will help u ,

Look , what i can add , and maybe it will be useful for u , one of my best friends , his father got a stroke 4 years ago, he was taken to hospital and his half side was not moving , but he made alot of therapy (3elag tabe3ey) ,and the good news (that insha Allah ur father will be like this man too ), that he was normal again after just 4 months or something like that , talking normal , walking , swimming ,

Look ya sherif, Allah kader 3ala kol shai2 , so , ad3elo , and ask God for help , God is the only one who could help ur father ,

And pls pls tamena ok , take care ya sherif ,

if u need any information , pls send me email ok ,

~ Noha ~

expect Allah's Mercy :)

inshaa'Allah..Rabena hayshfeeh.... 7'ally amalak fellah kebeer

7atem

You should expect Koll 7'eir ISA
Good Idea to ask the question here maybe one of us
ذو دعاء مستجاب

Kalooka

just be there..

not at home

You really won't know for a bit. It depends on the tests' outcome, which part of the brain was affected.. were they able to administer the clotbusting drug? It is hard to answer this w/o knowing how bad the stroke is. Just hang in there and pray if u do. I STRONGLY recommend someone staying 24/7 if possible during his hospital stay. Ask questions. Be positive.

God Bless you and your family

roxann 112@yahoo .com

Hi sherif A Iam so sorry to now that your father have a stroke I hope he get Better some I will pray for him IRoxanne

7oda is searching for pure heart

alf salama 3aleh ya Rab
اللهم اشفيه يا رب و ارحمة يا رب و اغفر لة ما تقدم من ذنبه و ما تأخر
اقرا لة سورة يس و إن شاء الله يتحسن بإذن الله

young_widow_in_black

he will be ok inshaa Allah

NSangel

I am really sorry to hear about your dad. I now what a distressing and uncertain time this is. My dad also suffered a stroke. A major one as a result of an aneurysm surgury. He was not able to come home. He could only move his left arm, his head. He had a trach(sp) tube in for 6 months. He lost all his speech ablitity and could only mumble. He could not write to tell us what he need/wanted. He had a book that he could point to pictures. He could shake his head, and make faces to give us an idea of what he was trying to say.

After 2.5 years of living in a nursting home for veterans, he passed away.

So all I know is that It really depends on how much damaged was suffered. Sometimes they lose some ability, and can regain some over time.

My dad wasn't able to communicate in the usual way, but his memory was intact. He knew all of us. He wasn't able to walk, but mom got him around in a wheelchair. But he just wasn't the same. It was like the stroke too a big part of his personality too. He became very childlike at times. He couldn't stand to have my mother leave his side. She would spend hours up at the hospital exhausting herself because he got upset when she left. He became very emotional, and would cry alot. or get frustrated (undertandibly) when he couldn't get his point across. but he remained the same people person, making many friends with the nurses, and other vets.

I really miss him.

I hope your dad recovers fully. My heart goes out to you and your family.

pun82224

Depends on what side of the stroke was on. He might have trouble talking, moving either his left or right side. He may need a cane or a wheel chair.It really depends on what side of it is. Just remember to be there for him as he will need as much help as he can get. Good-Luck!!

Ariane deR

I am so sorry to hear about your father. It depends a lot on how much damage there was to his brain, and on if his remaining brain function will be able to take over the activities. It will probably require intensive therapy -- occupational therapy, physical therapy, speech therapy. His functioning may improve over the course of a long period (months or even a couple years or so), Most of the improvement would probably be within 6 months.
He will need a lot of help from the family as he recovers. He may feel depressed too and it will help to have your love and support, and encouragement to work at his therapy.

My own father had a stroke 5 years ago. (Actually within 2 weeks he had a heart attack, open heart surgery (triple bypass), colon surgery (for cancer), and then the stroke while still in hospital. He was not paralyzed but very weak and he lost peripheral vision on one eye, and had damage to his memory, cognition (thinking) and ability to use language. He could not even think of the words for 3 animals, and he really could not communicate. He did not even know who family members were sometimes, and in fact did not even recall his own name sometimes. I had never really seen my father so depressed as he was then.

He went from the hospital to a rehabilitation center where he worked with a speech therapist, a physical therapist and occupational therapist. He was there for about a month, then came home but the therapists would still make home visits to help him learn how to get along in his own environment.
By then he was able to speak again but had trouble thinking of words. His thinking was at times confused and he sometimes was a bit argumentative; it was very frustrating to him to have others making decisions, so one just had to be very calm and loving and he continued to improve.

His recovery was complicated when cancer came back and he needed chemotherapy. But after that, he kept getting better and better and I would say he recovered 90% of the faculties he had lost. The worst was the oeripheral vision....this improved but he still has only under 10% peripheral vision in one eye, but he has been able to compensate and was able to get approval to have a drivers licence. He speaks normally (though is perhaps a bit more forgetful than he was and still sometimes cant think of words), he is active in clubs, handles his own finances, and has even been chopping down small trees on his land.
It seems almost like a miracle. I pray that your father will make as good a recovery, God willing .

mil414

It all depends on how quickly he was taken to the hospital.I think there is a time frame that effects the person's recovery,please don't quote me on this but I think it's something like 4 hours .Good Luck.

elizabethwhoa24

my dad had a stroke in 2004 he lived 2 years after the stroke pray for him and spend as much time with him as you can. Talk and pray!

Cutie Toty (Hakuna Matata)

oh he will be ok isa pray for him and i will pray too

ya rab eshfeeh w 3afeeh

shereef just fill your heart with hope he will be ok

hiddensecretangel

Depending on his health, if he is in good health I would say you should expect a recovery but only your dad knows if he wants to pull threw with flying colors.Reassure him that you will be there to help with his recovery and mean it.A strock is a partial parilization of ceertain muscles .Those muscles need long hours of physical therapy and your father needs lots of family together ness.

Jay R

Dealing with a loved one who is going through this is tough.

My grandfather recently had a stroke. He is weaker than he was before, naturally and he has lost the movement of his left arm. Many people who have had a stroke will have problems in speech, movement, coordination and sometimes memory.

Just make sure you are there for your father as much as you can be. After a stroke he really needs you. Even if its just small things like opening a drink for him or something. Just try to be there for him.

After he is released from the hospital he will probably be sent to a rehab center for a while and then home where he will be expected to continue rehab.

If you ever get the chance, and the doctors say its ok, possibly think about going to rehab with him one day, just for moral support.

egyphile

Not even your doctor can tell you EXACTLY what to expect. A lot depends on the severity of the stroke, the time that elapsed before treatment, and the amount of brain damage...if any. I have had friends who experienced massive strokes...with the attendant left side paralysis, lose of speech and muscle control, who returned, after therapy, to ONE HUNDRED PERCENT normal activity. What you, and the family will need is unlimited patience. Recovery is a long, hard process, and will test your stamina, your patience, and your love. Your father will need you, now...perhaps more than ever before in his life.

Moonrise

pray for him .
do all you can to make him feel loved and cared for.
he will be well , in sha allah.

The Sunset(regainning points:D)

rabna yashfih ya rab inchhaa' Allah just do what u think it is the best to do and the rest leave it to God

Ruby

Rabena yeshfih we ye2awimo belsalama. All we can do is pray to Allah. ur dad will be in our prayers, try to be strong please and don't worry in shaa Allah he will be fine. May Allah grant him health and long life.

pau

My father suffered a stroke on his left side of his body for two years. During this period, my brother would send him for physical therapy, traditional massage almost every week. God's will, he was on the verge of recovery, able to walk on his own with a walking stick. But also, God's will that he was to die last november 2007 for eating chicken nuggets, which triggered heart failure. So, the point that i am trying to make is that, you must be:
1. emotionally and physically strong
2. very, very, very patient
3. responsibilities of taking care of the sick patient should not be on the shoulder of one person only but, has to be equally shared, financially, time allocation and companionship
4. care must be taken on the type of food to be given so as not to deteriorate the sickness
5. must be strong to say no to the patient's unrealistic demands
6.keep reminding the patient that, he must persevere also for a recovering
7. etc, etc

sky7th_7

insha alah he will be OK , was it bad? there are so many degrees of strokes..even if it was very bad he can get over it and become normal again, it might take time but it will insha Allah...at the end ..it all in Allah hands ..pray and ask allah to help him and give him strength ... allahoma ini la as2aloka rad al qada2 wa lakeni as2aloka al lotf menho...

but at the same time accept what Allah wants ..it is his will...
good luck

Holidays' Red Watch

Alot of R&R-that's rest and relaxation! Take it easy on your dad for while. He will need a strong support system while he recovers. Enjoy activities that don't include alot of excitement!

char__c's.a.good.cooker

Some people live many many years after a stroke. Don't assume anything, the doctor can tell you what other conditions will factor the outcome. You have my sympathy, hold your head up and be strong!

Chele

depends on severity ... but typically partial paralysis ... there again extent depends on severity. (If it's not severe it could be hardly anything) Sorry to hear about your dad, I hope he does well. Good luck.

red_cat_flordia

that he will be OK

Dana

depends how severe it is. whether if was a mojor one or minor one.
if it was caught reltively quickly then he should be fine in a few months.
with my grandmother. she wasnt found until 2 days after having it. so she was in pretty bad shape-- but even in that case..she lived for 3 more years (in the hospital of course).
so it really depends on the detials of what happened. good luck and im sorry.

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