Does It Sound Like She Had a Stroke?

Question by fishtail1973: Does it sound like she had a stroke?
My mother-in-law is in her early 70’s and had hip replacement in the fall. She had an infection afterwards that required more surgery, but seemed to be getting better with physiotherapy. All of the sudden, a couple of days ago, she apparently slid out of bed (by accident) and couldn’t get up. She spent quite possibly 12 hours on the laying on the floor (she lives alone and has so far refused the idea of living with anyone else). She seemed ok after that, was coherent, ate supper, watched TV and went to bed. The next morning, her daughter went over to check on her and found that she had apparently lost control of her bowels (diarrhea), it was all over the floor, and she had left the tap running in the bathroom and went back to bed. She seemed “out of it” and didn’t initiate conversation; she could answer questions in “yes” or “no” forms, and knew everyone’s name, but seemed almost emotionless. Usually, she is the type that would cry at the prospect of having to go to the hospital, but she had no response whatsoever. We called an ambulance and she was taken to the emergency. So far, her blood pressure is fine, blood work is normal, and she has had a CT scan which didn’t give us any answers. I know the next step is probably MRI. She has no other stroke-like symptoms. Today when my husband visited her, she said “I’m hungry”, which is progress. Does it sound like a stroke?
I should mention that they checked for infection in her hip and found nothing, so that has been ruled out.

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Answer by Bradgideet
Transient Ischemic Attack, maybe

Answer by Jessica M
yes most definitly…..but if the symptoms disappear then it is called a TIA which is what they refer to as little strokes….massive strokes lead to drooping of the body/face on one side…masssive confusion that doesnt subside within a day or two…she is making progress so i am hoping it was just a TIA and not a massive stroke…seeing as how she had surgery …blood clots likle to form after surgery because the person is rather inactive and so is the blood therefore clotting and therefore causing stroke….BEST OF LUCK TO YOU ALL

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