3-7-10 Stroke?

Well most of you have heard much of the latest but i will post for the record. Dad seems to have had a stroke Friday nite or early Saturday a.m. Luba said he was not himself, could not talk clearly, could not stand, and leaned heavily to the left. Unfortunately, i did not hear about this until late Saturday afternoon about 5:30 or so. When i got there i found Dad, barely able to communicate and as discribed by Luba. I'm not a good historian anyway and all this drama has not improved my skills, which is to say, i can't remeber more of Saturday without some promptings from those i spoke to. Today, Sunday, Linda and i went over at 0730. We helped him to the dining room table but nearly had to carry him as his feet mostly dragged or stumpled along. I fed him breakfast as he could not do it himself. He ate nearly a full egg and part of a potato patty, which i interspersed with applesauce laced with his morning meds ground up. He could not seem to take the pills elsewise. We then helped him back to his recliner in the TV room. When we first arrived, he said i smelled like Merv!!! Hope that wasn't too bad. He never seemed to know who Linda was and his speech was mostly slurred but occasionally we could figure out something. We left around 1030. We got back in the afternoon--maybe that was when i smelled like Merv ???--He was mostly slumped way down to the left and not communicating. When Jan arrived he perked up and spoke clearly some. After a while it was time for dinner and he walked with two person max assist. It wwas a challenge to get him in his chair as he can't follow cues very well. But then supprise, he sat up and began to feed himsef. We were shocked. We left him to eat and Jan, Linda and i moved his desk out of his room and moved his recliner into his bedroom from the TV room. When we went back to the dining room to get him, he was alone in the room but talking to a supposed person in the vacant chair next to him. When we moved him to the bedroom, it was again a challenge and then Tanya (aregiver) and i tried to get him set down on the toilet which was a very difficult process because he was confused and uncertain what to do. Eventually we got that taken care of. He spoke many amuzing comments during the day like telling me that he and i should install a much bigger carberator! On what vehicle i couldn't figure out. But a big percentage of his verbalizations were unintelligible. What marks his change? Unintelligible speech, listing heavily to the left, not able to ambulate, much more confused. Some folks have some recovery after a stroke and perhaps he will. His being able to eat part of his dinner (he eventually needed help but started out self sufficient), could be seen as a partial recovery. Some history on his stroke symptoms: I took him down to Salem to see Aunt Marie before her surgery. On the way down we need to swing into a restaraunt for him to have a potty break. As he got out of the car, he could not stand and i had to nearly carry him into the restaraunt. But after releaving himself, he was able to stand, etc. Was this a mini stroke and quick recovery? I don't know. Then last Saturday Jan and Dad and i ate lunch together at Gustov's. He seemed quite good during the meal but could hardly stand as he got out of the booth. We had a challenge getting him out to the car but later he recovered from that as well. Perhaps he will show further recovery from Saturday mornings stroke, if that is what it was. Got to stop. Merv