“A neurologist says that if he can get to a stroke victim within 3 hours he can totally reverse the effects of a stroke...totally. He said the trick was getting a stroke recognized, diagnosed, and then getting the patient medically cared for within 3 hours, which is tough.”
I don’t buy that for a minute. My dad had a stroke AT THE HOSPITAL. Treatment started immediately. Lost his eye sight, most of the use of his left side and most of his short term memory.
They have developed a range of drugs that can dissolve clots, but if the cause is a small bleed in the brain, not much can be done except an brain operation and that is not done on stroke victims that I know of.
I’m sorry for your dad, but I know you would agree that not all strokes are the same severity or the same nature.
I do agree with you that no doctor can guarantee 100% that he or she can always totally reverse the effects of a stroke if they can get treatment in three hours. In many cases I am sure it is possible but I would not be so overly-confident that it can ALWAYS be done. Medicine is art, science, luck, training and skill.