Joonie: Am still troubled by your trip to the er. With all your classic symptoms of a stroke was it ever recommended you be put in the hospital? All hospitals have the technology and meds. needed to initially treat a stroke patient.
Actually all hospitals are not set up for stroke. If you call first they should life line you to a stroke hospital. It is best to have a plan in progress if you are sucebtable to strokes. There was a big article on this several months back. I can not remember if it was in a magazine or the newspaper. There are different types of strokes. This is a serious problem and you want a specialist. They can do so much more now than in the past. But you have to be at the right place. If this is so we live in a state that has exceptional medical care. When my uncle suffered a stroke the medical team attending him took immediate action.
Also, joonie did say there was a triage team. This is something you wouldn't find at a small hospital. Also, the many tests she's had indicates her medical care facility has capabilities a small health care facility wouldn't be able to perform.
I had lived in a rural area of southern Illinois and everyone had to go to Indiana for stroke treatment.No, it was never mentioned to stay in a hospital. GP said it was done and there was nothing they could do for this stroke, but only to prevent another one. He said that it sounded like I had the stroke the night before the symptoms that I went to the ER with. But he could not be for sure which episode was the stroke that caused my face & arm to be numb.