glad you are getting back function- everyone Ive known thats had a stroke did well if anything came back in the first week, within a few months were back to normal... the ones ive known that didnt see any improvement the first week or so really never recovered fully- count your blessings there for sure- plus your age is a big plus, keep gettin better
Strokes can be very cruel, my grandpa, a good friend, and a little 5 yr old girl we knew had strokes, didnt get much back soon, and never recovered lost function, but many others ive known got a little back the first week and they all made full recovery.
We take a lot for granted everyday, but when the bad stuff comes along we gotta count those blessings...dont have to look far to see someone dealing with far worse.
a little story to share-
The first night our 3 day old son Michael was up at Rainbow's NICU I was there to see two little ones pass away- the one little girl was just born that day, family/doctors a few feet away you couldnt help but overhear conversation... nothing they could do but prolong inevetable, suggesting removing life support, etc...
a little while later they made the tearful decision to let go, machines were unhooked, they held their little girl for the first and last time as she slipped away.
that was the worst day of my life, all the while wondering if our 3 day old son would be next, etc... but also that was probably the single most important day of my life. We all tend to take so much for granted in life, and I think I was one of the worst at that...God put me there in that place at that time for a reason, and the lesson I got out of it Ive shared as much as I can, and it still tears me up even thinking about that night... that little girl never got to see a single sunrise, or enjoy any of the things that tend to go unnoticed every day... even as bad as Michael was doing at the time, we were way more fortunate than the other young family, and that was tough to rationalize. Mikes first three months 'on the brink' were tough, we almost lost him too many times, and the days of his three heart surgeries were really hard, not knowing if he would come thru it at all. yet we were among the more fortunate folks there.
Some lifetimes are measured in hours or minutes, if we get even one day with our children we are more fortunate than many...seeing anything 'lucky' about being in that situation was hard to rationalize for me, but i learned and will never forget. Every relatively healthy day we get is more than some lifetimes, gotta do our best to do our best
Tim
