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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I don't think that's true at all about the 5 - 7 days.  My 81-year-old mother had a stroke a few months ago and was in terrible shape 5 - 7 days after.  Couldn't move or eat, could hardly talk.  But now after several months she is walking with a walker, talking, eating, etc.  I've heard it takes 6 months to see about where they will recover to.  That seems true for her, as she's still improving after 4 months.  Definitely make sure your mother has therapy every day, it really makes a difference, and so does recovery time.[/quote]

OP here - thanks for that actually. I had been kind of stressing about this 5 to 7 day thing. I realize everybody is different and they are no guarantees. My mom is now eight days out with little change although she really only started her serious rehab yesterday. The neurologist told us that the three month mark is where you have a sense of what kinds of functioning will be regained and the six month mark is  where you see what the full extent the recovery is likely to be. We are obviously at the beginning of the process so don’t know about hers but really glad to hear your mom doing so much better.[/quote]

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