Last year, one of Rebecca DiBiase Blumenreich's patients had a hemorrhagic stroke. A life-threatening emergency, this type of stroke happens when a blood vessel in the brain ruptures and bleeds. For the patient, the course of treatment following the stroke was complicated; Blumenreich was with her every step of the way.
"When I first met her, we had a lot to go through and needed to figure out what to do going forward to make sure this didn't happen again," said Blumenreich, an assistant professor of neurology at Yale School of Medicine.
This particular patient ended up having a remarkable recovery. Her dexterity returned, and she even got to start knitting again. "One of the first things she did in occupational therapy was knit a pair of socks and a little hat for my newborn baby," Blumenreich said.
