question: My mother is 81 years old. Coming up on 4 weeks ago, she had was taken to the ER. She was in heart failure, having a heart attack and stroke. Her stroke presented with double vision. She was transferred to OSF Peoria. The next day they did a heart cath and she went into a major stroke with an 8mm blood clot in the right side of the main artery going to her brain. The Dr. had to stop the cath because of almost complete blockage of all main arteries, the aorta and cartoids. He said she also had calcification in her veins. She has 18% heart function. They were able to reverse the major stroke but she is suffering from the first one that she had prior to transfer. What is her prognosis? We aren t getting straight answers yet....thanks!