For a full recovery:
Sen. Mark Kirk, R-Ill., likely faces permanent physical damage and a long-term cognitive recovery after successful surgery for a stroke, doctors said Monday.
Neurosurgeons at Northwestern Memorial Hospital in Chicago said parts of Kirk’s brain are permanently damaged.
“The prospects for his full physical recovery, particularly on the left side of his body, are not great,” said Dr. Richard Fessler, a neurosurgeon at Northwestern Memorial.
The stroke may also result in “some facial paralysis,” Fessler added, with Kirk maybe recovering use of his left leg, but “the use of his left arm is going to be very difficult.”
Fessler said that Kirk’s “prospects for a full mental recovery are pretty good.”
“Senator Kirk’s job is cerebral, and I believe the functions required to do his job are going to be fine,” he added.
Kirk, 52, was elected in 2010 to fill the seat previously held by President Obama. He is divorced and does not have children. His office announced his surgery early on Monday in a statement that said he had a stroke on Saturday and underwent surgery early on Monday to relieve pressure on his brain.
Fessler warned that recovery would be difficult. “It’s not going to be days,” Fessler said
via Sen. Kirk Likely Faces Permanent Physical Damage – Dan Friedman – NationalJournal.com.
God Bless him, I pray for a speedy recovery.