Pat1988

I'm new to this sight and I need a bit of help. We are preparing for a meeting with my dad's doctors Thursday and need help.

My dad had a stroke on Feb. 18th. He was in the hospital within a hour of the first signs. He refused to take the medication they give stroke victims in the first hours of a stroke to lessen the effects. He was told by the ER Doctor that he wouldn't give it to his father if it was him, so he got scared and refused it. Well he got worse and worse. He was put into ICU for his heart rate. Now he show no progress. He has loss the use of his left arm and cannot walk.

The hospital he was in sent him to New Orleans. Touro is the name of the hospital. My mom is there and only gets to see him from 4:30 to 8:00. He has become very depressed. He hasn't eaten much in the past month and has lost 30 pounds since the stroke. He was in a diaper Sunday when before the weekend he was getting help out of bed to go to the bathroom. He was even too embarassed to call someone to change him when he had an accident.

I'm afraid that at this rate he will never recover. Please I can use some help wording questions to ask his doctors. I live 5 hours away and need help.

Patricia