Ardith Hinton wrote to James Bradley, "-Plegias"

 AH>  Hemiplegia
 AH>     - weakness or paralysis in the left or right side

 JB>  by anything but a stroke.

 AH>           I guess stroke is the most common cause... the
 AH> important factor is an injury which involves one hemisphere of

That struck me once my mail was on its way. I think you did say so much last
time. Sorry for being thick.

 AH> the brain & not the other, however.  It could be caused by a
 AH> brain tumour or an accident, and folks with cerebral palsy may
 AH> also have some difficulties which are evident only on one side
 AH> of the body. Cerebral palsy is thought to be caused by brain
 AH> damage at or around the time of birth, and the affected
 AH> area is the cerebrum... the same area which is affected in

Please, the cerebrum is which part?

 AH> Nora's case.  If an injury to this area occurred at some
 AH> time in the past, a person may have learned to compensate
 AH> to some extent but certain movements will probably still be
 AH> rather jerky & uncontrolled.  Unless you actually witnessed
 AH> a sudden change in your godmother's case the reason may
 AH> still be unclear....  :-)

No, she clearly had a stroke. One day, they woke up and went directly to the
doctor. As she was four-hundred miles or so away from a hospital, and I don't
think there was the therapies at the time to do much about it, even if she did
make it there within a certain timeframe... What are ya gonna do?

 JB>  worried..." 

 AH>           Uh-huh.  Look out, world... here comes Nora!
 AH> Nora is a SURVIVOR.  No doubt about it.  But I do worry at
 AH> times because that's a mother's job....  ;-)

Some say it's your prerogative!  

I'll be trying to do a few chores on the Windows boxes for the next few days,
so don't take it personally as my volume decreases, will ya? 


I'll TTYL8r


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