Aphasia (speech distortion) is common in stroke. As are all the other symptoms she described.
I only hope she didn’t set a bad example for everyone. She definitely should have gone to the ER. Even if it was just for formality or for show.
If she had died later that night for any reason, even from a fall, all hell would have broken loose over it.
In a case like this, especially something effecting the head or brain, the patient normally does not determine whether or not they go to get checked out.
I say this as a military medic and a repeated viewer of House reruns.
When I worked on the rehab. unit in the hospital, we had a nurse that had migraines, one day she called in sick, she got out of bed and fell to the floor. Seeing that most patience's on rehab are stroke victims she was terrified. It turns out she had a migraine that affected motor control. She was back at work 2 days later.
Symptoms depend on what part of the brain is having vascular problems. The vessels constrict severely and temporarily affect that area of the brain. When the vessels dilate again, the area of the brain is again functioning normally.
Anyone that has migraines know how painful they are, and can even cause temp. blindness...its scary for the one involved.
With stroke the damage is permanent because of a blockage or bleed in the brain. Migraines are vascular problems..