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, bu ...