{"id":18189,"date":"2024-11-01T12:00:00","date_gmt":"2024-11-01T12:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/test-southcoast-health-multi.southcoast-health.org\/news\/a-marion-moms-recovery\/"},"modified":"2025-10-22T14:28:03","modified_gmt":"2025-10-22T14:28:03","slug":"a-marion-moms-recovery","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.southcoast.org\/pt\/news\/a-marion-moms-recovery\/","title":{"rendered":"A Neurocirurgia da Southcoast Health ajuda a m\u00e3e e a profissional de Marion a regressar \u00e0 vida agitada"},"content":{"rendered":"

H\u00e1 anos a sofrer de fortes dores de cabe\u00e7a, Marion, m\u00e3e de tr\u00eas filhos, sabia que por vezes processava os pensamentos mais lentamente. Mas numa tarde de domingo, o seu marido, Jorge, viu a situa\u00e7\u00e3o piorar e convenceu-a a consultar um m\u00e9dico.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Laura foi aconselhada a ir diretamente para as urg\u00eancias. Enquanto se dirigia para as urg\u00eancias, assegurou \u00e0 filha mais nova, de 11 anos, e ao filho Jay, de 17 anos, que s\u00f3 estaria ausente durante algumas horas. Centro de Emerg\u00eancia Baldwin Makepeace no Hospital Tobey<\/a>. No entanto, essas duas horas transformaram-se numa estadia de 10 dias antes de poder regressar a casa.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

No Tobey Hospital, o Dr. Daniel Luczkow pediu uma bateria de exames, que n\u00e3o revelaram nada de grave at\u00e9 chegarem os resultados da TAC - que tinha pedido por precau\u00e7\u00e3o.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Laura preparou-se quando o Dr. Luczkow foi ao seu quarto para discutir os resultados.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Ele fechou a porta atr\u00e1s de si, por isso eu sabia que havia m\u00e1s not\u00edcias\", disse ela.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mesmo assim, ela ficou chocada quando ele usou as palavras \"tumor cerebral\". O Dr. Luczkow disse que ela tinha um meningioma, um tumor de crescimento lento que, aos 51 anos, ela provavelmente tinha h\u00e1 anos. Considerado o \"melhor\" tipo de tumor para se ter, raramente \u00e9 canceroso e n\u00e3o interfere com as capacidades motoras.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Isso tranquilizou Laura, e o Dr. Luczkow amorteceu ainda mais o golpe dizendo que j\u00e1 tinha falado com Dr. Richard Dowd<\/a>, um neurocirurgi\u00e3o da Southcoast Health. Juntos, j\u00e1 tinham desenvolvido um plano de cuidados.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Isto foi muito importante\", diz Laura. \"Teria sido muito perturbador para um m\u00e9dico dizer: 'Ent\u00e3o, tens um tumor cerebral e agora vou descobrir o que se segue'. Em vez disso, eu sabia exatamente quais seriam os passos seguintes, pelo que me senti muito \u00e0 vontade, dadas as circunst\u00e2ncias.\"<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Laura foi transferida para Hospital St. Luke's<\/a>Enquanto Jorge levava Olivia e Jay para junto dos pais de Laura. A sua filha mais velha, Isabella, de 21 anos, estava na faculdade.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Nos poucos dias que antecederam a cirurgia, o Dr. Dowd come\u00e7ou a tomar medicamentos para diminuir o incha\u00e7o e pediu uma resson\u00e2ncia magn\u00e9tica para ser utilizada na navega\u00e7\u00e3o intra-operat\u00f3ria durante a opera\u00e7\u00e3o que se avizinhava.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Laura, Diretora do Planeamento Estrat\u00e9gico e Pastoral da Diocese de Fall River e membro do corpo docente da Roger Williams University, p\u00f4de trabalhar durante o per\u00edodo que antecedeu a sua cirurgia. O Dr. Dowd visitava-a frequentemente, deixando-a \u00e0 vontade.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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\"O Dr. Dowd foi fant\u00e1stico\", disse ela. \"Manteve-nos completamente informados sobre o que se estava a passar. Ele tinha<\/a> at\u00e9 repetia tudo o que ele me dizia para o Jorge quando ele me visitava depois do trabalho\". <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ela tamb\u00e9m elogiou a equipa do Dr. Dowd, em particular Matthew Viglianti, PA<\/a>; Aaron Novy, PA<\/a>; Arielle Spadea, NP<\/a>e Maria Aguiar, NP<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A cirurgia foi efectuada com sucesso apenas quatro dias ap\u00f3s a sua primeira visita \u00e0s urg\u00eancias, sem complica\u00e7\u00f5es de maior. Laura passou mais seis dias no hospital, incluindo dois na Unidade de Cuidados Intensivos. Passou facilmente v\u00e1rios testes cognitivos e recebeu visitas dos filhos e da cunhada. Inicialmente desconfort\u00e1vel por ter a m\u00e3e no hospital, Olivia sentiu-se suficientemente confort\u00e1vel para que todos os prestadores de cuidados assinassem o quadro branco junto \u00e0 cama de Laura.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"As enfermeiras foram \u00f3ptimas para mim e para a minha fam\u00edlia\", disse Laura. \"Responderam a todas as perguntas.\"<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Laura passou dois meses a recuperar em casa, apoiada pela sua fam\u00edlia, amigos e comunidade. Southcoast Health at Home (Sa\u00fade em casa)<\/a>, anteriormente Southcoast Health Visiting Nurse Association, e os terapeutas ocupacionais e f\u00edsicos prestaram cuidados ao domic\u00edlio t\u00e3o completos que at\u00e9 lhe mostraram exatamente qual a cadeira de duche a encomendar.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Eles foram fant\u00e1sticos\", disse ela. \"Tentaram tornar as coisas o mais f\u00e1ceis poss\u00edvel para mim. Estou muito grata pela sua dedica\u00e7\u00e3o \u00e0 minha recupera\u00e7\u00e3o.\"<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Quase um ano ap\u00f3s a sua cirurgia, Laura regressou \u00e0 sua antiga vida agitada e est\u00e1 agora no segundo ano do seu doutoramento em marketing na Universidade de Pace<\/a>, um programa que tinha come\u00e7ado antes da sua cirurgia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Alguns amigos e familiares perguntaram-se porque \u00e9 que ela n\u00e3o tinha ido para um hospital de Boston para ser operada, mas Laura nem sequer pensou nisso.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Senti-me completamente segura e confiante nos profissionais que cuidaram de mim no Southcoast Health\", disse ela. \"E sei que n\u00e3o teria tido o mesmo n\u00edvel de apoio pessoal num grande hospital de Boston. Todos, desde os m\u00e9dicos, enfermeiros e terapeutas, eram especializados em neurologia. Eram fant\u00e1sticos e trabalhavam todos bem em conjunto. Por isso, deixei que os especialistas fizessem o que sabem fazer melhor e n\u00e3o podia estar mais satisfeita com o resultado.\"<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Para mais informa\u00e7\u00f5es sobre o Southcoast Health Brain & Spine Center, visite <\/em>Servi\u00e7os do c\u00e9rebro e da coluna vertebral da Southcoast Health<\/em><\/a>.<\/em><\/p>","protected":false},"author":20,"featured_media":7013,"template":"","categories":[1231],"class_list":["post-18189","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-patient-stories"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nMarion Mom Returns to Her Busy Life After a Brain Tumor - Southcoast Health<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"After years of suffering severe headaches, Laura headed to Tobey Hospital where she was not prepared to be told she had a brain tumor.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.southcoast.org\/pt\/news\/a-marion-moms-recovery\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"pt_PT\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Marion Mom Returns to Her Busy Life After a Brain Tumor - 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