re: Gary Kubiak had a "Mini-Stroke"

My dad had a TIA about 45 minutes before his stroke. The hospital was just about to release him to go home when the stroke hit. We were told they're often a precursor for a "real" stroke but not often enough that they can really do anything just because someone has a TIA.

In my dad's case the TIA was caused by a lessened flow of blood to the brain by a clot in his neck, but the clot broke loose so the TIA subsided, then the clot got to a place where his artery had a little more plaque and it lodged in his brain and he had a full on stroke.