Blood clots that block an artery are not the only kind of stroke. An aneurysm, also known as an hemorrhagic stroke, is another type of stroke. A blood-filled pouch ballooned out from the artery wall. A blood vessel ruptures in or near the brain. This break disrupts blood flow to part of the brain.
Bob's hemorrhage is a subarachnoid hemorrhage - a blood vessel on the surface of the brain ruptured and bled into the space between the skull and brain.
Bob had two aneurysms. One ruptured; one did not. He had brain surgery (5/15/09) to clamp off the aneurysms to prevent further rupturing and bleeding. The surgery was successful. Now is a waiting game. The brain is quite swelled. This keeps him unconscious 99.9% of the day.
Today, 5/22/09, he needed a day of peace and quiet. Today is a day of healing.
For more information about strokes, visit http://www.strokeassociation.org/.
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