a middle aged lady presented with right sided hemi paresis and slurred speech.
her GCS was 10. she tried to speak but was incomprehensible. she had a right sided facial droop, right hemiparesis, hyper reflexaia with positive Babinski.

CT showed she had a bleed in her brain. she was having a hemorrhagic stroke.

her condition deteriorated in the ED and an emergency operation was arranged. the surgeon said her prognosis was poor. she could die. even if she were to survive, she would be bed bound.

it's cases like this that really set you thinking about the vulnerability of life. here was a lady, a wife, a mother, previously well, until the bleed in her brain. and within that short span of time, everything changed.

imagine how it must have felt for the family members to see their loved one in that state fighting for her life.. the fact that she would never be herself again or in the worst case scenario to die from the stroke. how could they possibly deal with the surge of emotions?

i felt the family's pain when they were informed of the bad news..

i'm not talking about an elderly person with multiple comorbidities. this was a middle aged lady who was previously well!

this could happen to anyone and at anytime!

i thought of how i would feel if it had happened to my parents. i couldn't bring myself to think further.

when a loved one leaves suddenly...
it's really too heart wrenching to describe.

such cases serve as a constant reminder to not take things for granted, which many pple including myself, are guilty of..


To love and leave no room for regrets...