THE SECOND STROKE...

Celebrating mom,s birthday in 2011

On the 2nd of December 2013 mom suffer a second stroke and this time the blockage was at the nerve that supplies blood to her eyes.

It started with a bout of vomiting and coughing and we thought it was some bugs that made her sick.

After a week when she was not recovering and her vision was getting worse, we realise there is something more serious than just a simple bug attack.

We took her to the hospital and one look at her, the doctor told us she have stroke on the left side of her brain.

I was shock and mom was devastated.

I asked myself over and over again...how could we not see the symptom.

The doctor gave her two weeks medication to try to clear the blockage and to  follow up with a brain scan if things does not gets better after that.

haha....sometimes she can be very selective on her food...

Somebody suggested acupuncture so we started her on the therapy hoping her condition might improve.

After three days of medication and acupuncture, mom began to feel insecure and depressed as her vision is not getting any better.

Our last resort was to send her to the ophthalmology  hoping that they can do something about her eyes but more bad news awaits us.

Mom celebrating the birthday of her twin great-grand-son last year....

After checking mom,s eyes, the doctor told us there is nothing they can do for mom.

We went home with a heavy heart and mom was more depressed and she gets agitated very easily.

Now the only hope for us is to wait for the medication and acupuncture to work.

But day by day I can see that mom is slipping into her depression again....