Last Thursday my Dad had a stroke,totally out of the blue & a shock to all of us...I know he's getting old,he's 78,but he's never smoked,hardly drinks...but his downfall is he likes his salt & full cream milk in his tea,& his cream cakes etc...don't get me wrong he's not fat,but you could say he's portly!!!
It all started in the morning when he had tingling in his left hand fingers,he didn't think much about it...but by lunch-time he couldn't hold his knife at dinner.Mum phoned me,I said to phone the Doctor straight away as it sounded like a stroke,& they said to take him straight to hospital.
I won't bore you with all the details but basically they kept him in until yesterday,he's much better now although he still can't use his hand very well & his leg isn't right...lucky enough his face & speech don't seem to have been affected.
Most of his feelings should come back,he's on tablets & will be going for more tests...so hopefully this was just a warning.
The big shock for me is that this is the first time that I've really realised that my parents won't be around forever...of course I know they will die sometime but I've never really had to think about it before
