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Aparently grandpa is really not doing well. That seems to be an understatement from what I understand from my mother.
He had 6 TIA's on Thursday and a massive stroke on Friday which lodged a clot in the Pons. For those of you not in the know the Pons is part of the brainstem and controls a lot of the body's autonomic functions and acts as a relay for sensory information. He can't speak, or swallow, or really move at all...There is very little function left.
The outlook...not good. If he ever regains function he's going to be in an assisted living facility for the rest of his life. The problem for me is...a few years ago he took me aside and begged, begged me not to ever let him end his days like that.
He had 6 TIA's on Thursday and a massive stroke on Friday which lodged a clot in the Pons. For those of you not in the know the Pons is part of the brainstem and controls a lot of the body's autonomic functions and acts as a relay for sensory information. He can't speak, or swallow, or really move at all...There is very little function left.
The outlook...not good. If he ever regains function he's going to be in an assisted living facility for the rest of his life. The problem for me is...a few years ago he took me aside and begged, begged me not to ever let him end his days like that.
