She did not appear to have any impairment from the stroke and was doing well with rehab for the 1st 2 days. New drugs for A-Fib knocked her on her a** and she became very sick, low bp, kidneys shutting down and was almost in a comatose state for a week. Once they adjusted her meds she started coming around. She then developed a bad bladder infection. For 4 weeks she was so sick she didn't get rehab and was bedridden and they used a mech lift for her. She became extremely weak. I transferred her from that hospital to one in the town we live in and within 6 days she was discharged. She did well the first few days home but now just wants to spend all day sleeping. She's not eating much and it's a fight to get her up and moving. I see her getting weaker by the day. How can I motivate her? Is this a normal phase that a stroke victim will go through? I don't want to spend our time together fighting to get her up and need some ideas to get her back on track. Thank you!
Just wanted to share so others who may be experiencing like situations have a place to start.