Serious Aphasia Issue
Feb. 14th, 2011 09:22 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
trickykittyIn the news right now is Serene Branson's live on air aphasia attack.
I know her co-workers in the studio are laughing because they think it's just a case of being tongue-tied, but it's obvious to anyone that's studied neurological conditions that this is perfect example of a serious aphasia attack.
The article mentions that she was taken to the hospital, which is good, because honestly that would have been my first immediate response if I couldn't get at least one full sentence out of her within the next few seconds. I hope she is ok. I totally give her props for trying to move the coverage forward ("Let's go ahead...") despite her obvious confusion at the aphasia onset.
I know her co-workers in the studio are laughing because they think it's just a case of being tongue-tied, but it's obvious to anyone that's studied neurological conditions that this is perfect example of a serious aphasia attack.
The article mentions that she was taken to the hospital, which is good, because honestly that would have been my first immediate response if I couldn't get at least one full sentence out of her within the next few seconds. I hope she is ok. I totally give her props for trying to move the coverage forward ("Let's go ahead...") despite her obvious confusion at the aphasia onset.
