On the advice of mom's homecare team we admitted mom to Methodist Hospital yesterday. Her therapists felt her weakness was too dramatic to be attributed to a bad day. It was also a way to move up mom's neurology tests so we wouldn't have to wait until May 16th.

She has "a little pneumonia". I am assuming we caught it early, she had no symptoms other than the weakness. Her CAT scan yesterday showed a stroke in the past six months. No stroke showed up in her records from Marinette or Green Bay, but we were sometimes told her "events" were strokes and sometimes seizures. If I remember right, the doctors and nurses didn't agree. Whether it's caused by stroke or seizure, spontaneous recovery from aphasia is unlikely if the aphasia lasts longer than two to three months. Mom recovered within days after her past events, but tomorrow will be the three month anniversary of the most recent stroke.

She is feeling better this morning and recognized me right away even without her glasses. 

I will post more after I speak with the neurologist.