Followup

Dad had another six month followup neurology appointment late last week. Almost a year after the stroke he was told he does not have to see her anymore. That was good news for me to hear, because it meant that the injury sustained had not worsened. No new bleeding is a good thing. It was recommended though, that he go back on blood thinners. Even though he is still not in Afib, he was once and that still puts him at risk to go back into it without any warning, which could cause a blood clot and potentially another stroke. This is something his PCP Dr. Biswas has been aware of, which is one of the reasons for over 6 months we were going to bi monthly visits to see Dr. Biswas (the man is very thorough). Preferring to really give Dad's body the time it needed to heal, we've been waiting when the eventuality of being put back on blood thinners was going to happen. The last time Dad was on blood thinners was right after the initial stroke, which caused him to have a hemorrhagic mini stroke. He hadn't healed enough up to that point.   
You have people that aren't in Afib, people that are and then the select few that are or were at some point, but not all the time. Dad falls into this last group. He was not in Afib the morning of the stroke and as I mentioned he hasn't been in it since.
Needless to say though, it is back on blood thinners and now weekly visits to his PCP for the blood tests associated with the maintenance of being on blood thinners. He is being started off on a low dosage and depending on how well he does, the dosage will increase to the therapeutic levels he will need to be on. In the end we were all given the pros and cons of what is happening, along with the risks involved. I've been called a foolish risk taker in the past, but you know what? You never know if you never take the risk. We got this covered.