In April 2012
I suffered a massive stroke.
The first 24 hours they didn't know what had happened to me. They were sure it was not a stroke because there was no factors for me to have had one. No birth control, no drugs. Or any other things that could cause a stroke. My parents and family were told I most likely would not live. IF I lived I would never walk, talk or speak and be on a feeding tube . Maybe someday be able to eat baby food. Every time the Doctors would yell my mom I had had a massive stroke . ( trying to get her understand what had happened to me.) Every time they would tell her I'd had A MASSIVE stroke, my mom would say, " we serve a massive God".
Our faith is very strong. ( not religion). After 24 hours the test did show I'd had that massive stroke. Lol. After about 3/4 days I got worse and they flew me to UK to the stroke unit.
There they found that I had a whole it my heart and a clot had gone through the hole to my brain. Every one has clots but they filter through the heart and come out .... Not clots. I hope this is making since?
Long long story short I was in UK hospital for a while and then transferred to Cardinal Hill for almost 2 months.
When my parents brought me home I wasn't sure where I lived. At the beginning I didn't know my own son or family. Just mom and Dad. I guess because they never left me. My mom taped My and Parkers picture to my bed. I learned to eat, walk and talk. Not real fast but I did it!! I was doing very well and making much good progress and December of the same year I had another small stroke. Between the two strokes I had heart surgery to repair the whole.
My parents after all test were done and it was a light stroke..... They took me home . They knew what to do and how to do it.