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I obviously don't know anything regarding your mom's condition, but SAH (a form of hemorrhagic stroke) by itself can have very complete recovery. The real quest

I obviously don't know anything regarding your mom's condition, but SAH (a form of hemorrhagic stroke) by itself can have very complete recovery. The real question is how much ischemic stroke there was with it. If the answer is "none", then, if she survives (scary caveat, obviously), then her recovery could be very very good. Having said that, ischemic injury is common (as is herniation, which is similarly permanent and very very dangerous). I hope she comes through it ok.

toomuchtodo 9y ago
Thank you for the reply. I can't tell you how much it means to me, regardless of the outcome. I'm prepared for her to pass; she's in a coma and she's suffered brain damage, but I'm doing my best to advocate for her.
- xhedley 9y ago
  Toomuchtodo: I posted earlier in the thread about a friend who bounced back after brain damage following a cardiac arrest. The time when I didn't know the extent of the damage (would my friend ever wake up) was terrifying. The thought of a decision I might have to make as "next of kin" was worse. I feel for your situation. I'm sure you will do the best thing you can do. Happy to chat - email is in my profile.
  - toomuchtodo 9y ago
    Thank you. I will be in touch.
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- mechnesium 9y ago
  Have you looked into pharmaceuticals to possibly mitigate damage? I'm not sure of their efficacy, but there are a few racetams that might aid recovery. Phenylpiracetam is perhaps the most potent. From Wikipedia: "A few small clinical studies have shown possible links between prescription of phenylpiracetam and improvement in a number of encephalopathic conditions, including lesions of cerebral blood pathways, traumatic brain injury and certain types of glioma." Study in rats: "In Wistar rats with gravitational cerebral ischemia, Phenylpiracetam reduced the extent of neuralgic deficiency manifestations, retained the locomotor, research, and memory functions, increased the survival rate, and lead to the favoring of local cerebral flow restoration upon the occlusion of carotid arteries to a greater extent than did piracetam."
  - toomuchtodo 9y ago
    The extent of her brain damage was too severe. She passed away Monday night after being taken off life support. Thank you for mentioning this, it might help someone in the future.
toomuchtodo 9y ago
The current problem we're facing is vasospasms; her doctors aren't able to put her into hypertension because they're unable to determine if the hemmorage they were unable to find with a cerebral angiogram will bleed again (causing more brain damage), while also needing to protect her heart (which isn't ejecting blood in the volumes they'd consider healthy). I'm advocating for a continuous drip of heparin to protect against secondary brain damage from ischemic strokes post-SAH; whether this is safer then putting her into hypertension, I don't know yet. I'm off to do more research.

toomuchtodo 9y ago

Thank you for the reply. I can't tell you how much it means to me, regardless of the outcome. I'm prepared for her to pass; she's in a coma and she's suffered brain damage, but I'm doing my best to advocate for her.

xhedley 9y ago
Toomuchtodo: I posted earlier in the thread about a friend who bounced back after brain damage following a cardiac arrest. The time when I didn't know the extent of the damage (would my friend ever wake up) was terrifying. The thought of a decision I might have to make as "next of kin" was worse. I feel for your situation. I'm sure you will do the best thing you can do. Happy to chat - email is in my profile.
- toomuchtodo 9y ago
  Thank you. I will be in touch.
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mechnesium 9y ago
Have you looked into pharmaceuticals to possibly mitigate damage? I'm not sure of their efficacy, but there are a few racetams that might aid recovery. Phenylpiracetam is perhaps the most potent. From Wikipedia: "A few small clinical studies have shown possible links between prescription of phenylpiracetam and improvement in a number of encephalopathic conditions, including lesions of cerebral blood pathways, traumatic brain injury and certain types of glioma." Study in rats: "In Wistar rats with gravitational cerebral ischemia, Phenylpiracetam reduced the extent of neuralgic deficiency manifestations, retained the locomotor, research, and memory functions, increased the survival rate, and lead to the favoring of local cerebral flow restoration upon the occlusion of carotid arteries to a greater extent than did piracetam."
- toomuchtodo 9y ago
  The extent of her brain damage was too severe. She passed away Monday night after being taken off life support. Thank you for mentioning this, it might help someone in the future.

toomuchtodo 9y ago

The current problem we're facing is vasospasms; her doctors aren't able to put her into hypertension because they're unable to determine if the hemmorage they were unable to find with a cerebral angiogram will bleed again (causing more brain damage), while also needing to protect her heart (which isn't ejecting blood in the volumes they'd consider healthy). I'm advocating for a continuous drip of heparin to protect against secondary brain damage from ischemic strokes post-SAH; whether this is safer then putting her into hypertension, I don't know yet. I'm off to do more research.