Strokes, Please Pray For Me!

[Yorkiemom1]

Jason, this is important...Akron General has a stroke team that is available 24/7....ALL hospitals that specialize in strokes and have stroke teams, these people are on top of this around the clock....
"Akron General Medical Center has earned the Gold Seal of Approval ™ for stroke care. The Joint Commission, a prestigious national hospital accrediting organization, has awarded Akron General Medical Center a Primary Stroke Center Certification.
Akron General's stroke program brings to the bedside the best practices which translate into positive outcomes for patients. A perennial leader in offering innovative, life-saving diagnostic and treatment modalities for stroke, Akron General Medical Center is one of a few selected medical centers in Ohio that participate in nationwide clinical trials which evaluate the safety and effectiveness of new techniques for the acute treatment of stroke.
A crucial element in effective stroke treatment is the time it takes to provide treatment. Akron General Medical Center's Stroke Team, including board certified critical care physicians, is available 24 hours, seven days a week, and is able to evaluate a patient presenting with stroke symptoms within five minutes of their arrival.Akron General's Stroke Program is involved with the latest clinical trials, making the most innovative treatments for stroke available to area patients.

If your momma is not at this facility, get her moved there! Do not let these doctors intimidate you...THEY WORK FOR YOU!!!

[Yorkiemom1]

Just FYI: Here is a doctor that works with stroke patients at Akron...
James M. Gebel, Jr., M.D.

Fellowship: University of Cincinnati (Stroke) | Cleveland Clinic Foundation (Neuro Critical Care)
Medical School: University of Cincinnati
Residency: Cleveland Clinic Foundation (Internal Medicine) | Cleveland Clinic Foundation (Neurology) | Cleveland Clinic Foundation (Neurological Surgery) | Cleveland Clinic Foundation (Neurology)
Specialty: Neurology
Board Certifications: Am Bd of Psychiatry & Neurology (Neurology)
(Vascular Neurology)
Practice Information
Akron General Neurology
4125 Medina Rd.
Ste. 203
Akron, OH 44333
(330)344-6262
View Map | Get Driving Directions
This is the number he can be reached at....You can call that number and find out how you go about getting your mother to his care, if you are NOT at Akron General already!

[kjc]

OMG! Just now seeing this... praying hard for you, Carla, and Jason also that he can help you to get the care you need, and that God watches over you both.

[yorkietalkjilly]

Just waking and wanted to see how Carla is doing. We're praying for your Carla. Stay strong, lady. We're all with you in spirit.

[Lisa and Pic]

Carla, you are in my thoughts and prayers and Jason too, as he takes care of you.

[Lil Sis]

checking in ...sending prayers


I am so glad yt members gave good advice. I was so worried!! I do NOT like the "will call at home if there is another blood clot" at all!! I hope you get your mother moved

[Verbena]

Checking in too. I am hoping Carla is getting the best care. Good Thoughts and blessings

[horsnaround]

You do have to ask question. I am in the hospital with hubby. Not near your issues. And at one of the best hospitals in the world. I know all to well how confusing it gets one team comes in tells you one thing another team comes in and tells you something totally different. Can become very very frustrating. Just make sure you feel she is getting the very best care and if not insist on it. I can not imagine how scared you both are.

Again thank you so much for keeping us posted and sending prayers and hugs to both of you. Take care

[AllDogBoots]

Checking in this morning. Praying that all will be ok.

[lisaly]

Carla, you are one of the people at YT that I have really grown to care about. I am so sorry that you are not feeling well. My heart and prayers are with you and Jason. Please know that we really care, are pulling for you, and we want you to get well.

[Maximo]

Jason, I am so sorry....your mom is in my prayers. Please tell her we are thinking of her and praying she will recover quickly and be home soon.

I need to go back and read your updates again...I wanted to send a message quickly.

Praying the specialists see her today.

[Maximo]

Carla,

Sending you hugs. Praying for you, my sweet friend.

Kristin

[lynzy420]

Carla's family, Please advocate for your mom as I'm sure you are, don't let these folks intimidate you at the hospitals...they are there to do a job and you are their boss, remember that! You only have one Mom.

Long story but I just want to say this, I am 47 years old and in 1989 I had a major stroke, very major, it took a couple years to recover fully and still have lasting effects...what I recall most was not being able to speak for myself and how helpless I felt, the confusion and the inability to put thoughts to words, I felt as if I was in a dream and wanted to scream out but I couldn't and everyone just kept talking to me and about me, and thank the lord that my ex had the sense to KNOW what was best for me, cuz I wasn't able to communicate it....had they had their way I would have been recovering in a "nursing home" far away from my children, we all adapted and while being at home and the regimen of physical therapy etc, was exhausting...all the many appointments...I survived under the care of my best friend (ex) and my small children...my point is that your mother knows whats going on but is having difficulty conveying it...please be aware of that...

Carla, I am praying for you from the bottom of my heart honey, and when you can pm me I truly understand what your going through. Love and Prayers, Lynzy.

[Yorkiemom1]

Originally Posted by YazminD

I'm in the ICU having a hard time seeing this screen, an Mri shows 4 Strokes since yesterday. Waiting to have CTA scan to find out the clot is located, brain or heart.

Please, Please, pray for me. I'm so afraid right now

This absolutely BREAKS my heart....I am a CV-ICU nurse, and I always make absolutely sure, to the best of my ability, that these poor people have no fear....fear is such a crippling place to be.....I hope the nurses in that ICU are providing the emotional support and comfort that is required for patients experiencing this....fear can best be alleviated with an air of strong confidence in the capability of the team working with the patient.....answering all questions promptly, accurately, truthfully....and some of us have been known to help the family members direct treatments needed by advising and informing them about questions they should be asking....these are people's loved ones we are guarding.....they have usually NEVER been in this position and they are helpless and lost....as STRONG patient advocates, ICU nurses are just naturally more aggressive and we must remember that could be OUR own momma, sister, brother, husband, father, etc in this predicument. I am praying for Carla, for her fear to be washed away and I am also praying for guidance and courage for her son and advocate Jason.....

[yorkietalkjilly]

It is so heartbreaking to think of the fear she was feeling when she typed that. I sure pray she's getting the absolute best of care now and the neuro's got themselves in there to check her last night! If they didn't, the waiting had to be horrible!!!!!!!