Brain tumor and surgery for large hematome - dad can\'t talk! Posted: 10-24-07 04:46am
This question is regarding my father. My
father is 61 years old and he was
diagnosed with a brain tumor, he had
successful operation and it was removed.
The neurosurgeon said that he woke up and
was healthy and making jokes with the
doctor for about 2 hours, when he suddenly
passed out. The neurosurgeon noticed a
large hematome (dont know how its written
in english) above his left ear and had to
operate again on him. My question now is,
my dad is in ICU for 3 weeks now and has
woken up but he is coughing up ALOT of
sticky secretion (he is a smoker for over
40 years), but the problem is that he
cannot talk. I went today to the hospital
to see him for 15 secs. because the doctor
said he was worried that he cant talk and
he thought that maybe if he saw me he
would say something. I saw my father and
he only stared at me and i could see his
adams apple move, i think he wanted to
cry. The doctor saw this and told me to
leave. I really dont know anything about
this can someone help?
It's not clear whether the cerebral
bleeding is due to the tumor or surgical
operation itself. In addition, with the
information you've provided, it's
difficult to know whether the speech loss
(aphasia) is due to the tumor itself or
bleeding.
There are many possible causes for these
symtpoms. The prognosis for your father's
recovery will depend upon the nature of
the tumor, its location in the brain and
surgical complications. It seems that the
doctors in that hospital are giving their
best to help your father.
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