- I'm just gonna have you tell me a little bit
about what your first symptoms were.
- Well, I had gotten up at five in the morning
and gone to the bathroom, I was fine.
And I got up at seven and I noticed the weakness in my,
I was dragging my foot a little bit
and a lot of weakness here,
but my hand was still able to do things.
As the day went on, it got worse and you know,
I was in denial.
- Yeah, you didn't come in for about six hours.
- Yeah, at least that.
- Okay.
But there was no head pain.
- No.
- And no numbness or tingling?
- No.
- And the weakness now is about as bad as it's been?
- Yes, yes.
- And the hand is slowed as well.
- Slowed? Yeah.
- Maybe what you can do is I want you to look right here.
Do you see both of my hands?
- Yes, I do.
- Can you show me your teeth?
- I don't know if I can.
- Can you stick out your tongue?
Great, okay.
Look way over here, and way over here.
Now, I'm gonna touch you on a finger.
I want you to close your eyes
and I want you to tell me where I'm touching you.
Where am I touching you?
- This one.
- If I touch on both sides, does it feel the same?
- Yes.
- Can you hold your arms out in front of you, as I am doing?
- It's an effort.
- With your left hand can you do this for me?
How about with your right hand?
Try to do it wide and fast.
- I can't.
- Then try to spread your fingers apart
as far as they'll go.
Don't let me push them together.
Try to make a fist and don't let me open.
Try to hold up like this and don't let me push down.
Hold your wrist up like this.
Don't let me push it down.
Flex up like this.
Don't let me push down.
Pull up at your elbow.
Don't let me straighten.
Push out hard and don't let me bend it.
That's good for you.
Hold your elbows up,
don't let me push down.
And I'm just gonna do a little testing in your leg.
If it's all right with you,
I'm gonna swing this blanket down.
Can I have you try to bring your foot up at the ankle?
Can you bring this foot up a little far?
And bring this foot up.
Can you lift his whole leg up off the bed.
Try to keep it up like that without using your hands.
Perfect.
How about this.
Doesn't wanna go so much.
Let your leg relax as much as you can
and just kinda flap like that.
Let it fall down.
I'm gonna check your reflexes a little bit.
Hard to get there.
- [Woman] Easy.
- Still hard to get on both sides.
- [Woman] What?
- I'll come down here to your legs.
They're about the same.
Usually after someone's had a stroke for awhile,
their reflexes get jumpy and exaggerated.
- This leg was for a time after,
it would jump off by itself.
- Yeah?
- Would keep me awake at night.
- I'm going to scratch the bottom of your foot.
Sorry about that.
I'm going to scratch this foot.
Now is there any difference in feeling between these two?
- It feels like it might be just a little numb,
but I can feel it.
- It feels pretty close to normal?
- Pretty close.
- Okay well.
- Day nurse told me that her father had a stroke
with the same difficulty I'm having.
He went to rehab for five days then he went home.
- Really, it's quick?
- It's encouraging.