Roller Coaster week for me.............

[Bob Wright]

I got word just over a week ago that my daughter, Linda, had suffered a stroke and was in the hospital in Augusta, Georgia. I finally got in touch with a doctor there and he told me it was a bad one, not the worst he had seen, but bad. She was in the trauma unit of the hospital there. I kept in touch as best as I could, she remained comatose for several days. Further reports were that it was not as bad as originally thought, and she was showing signs of improvement.

In time she was transferred from the trauma unit to intensive care, and finally to a room. I got a call yesterday just after noon that she was awake. She could not walk, and could not put together complete sentences. This broke my heart even more.

Then yesterday evening, her mother called me and said Linda had called her and they talked for about fifteen minutes over the phone, and that she sounded like her normal self, except from being weak. Prayers have gone up on her behalf from my church and friends here in Memphis. I'm in no position to go there right now, so just sit and sweat it out and pray.

I regret not having advised y'all of this before, as y'all are family to me, but seems like I really had nothing to report at the time.

Bob Wright

 

[Don Lovel]

The amount of time between onset of the stroke and getting proper medical attention can reverse or minimize the effects and long term disability from the stroke. The technology that has been developed for dealing with strokes is pretty good stuff.
But preventing them to start with is the best way to deal with them.

 

[Bear Paw Jack]

Prayers for your daughter.

 

[Jeepnik]

Prayers for her recovery, and for the stress on the family members.

 

[Sin6Sec63451022]

Sorry to hear that. It's not supposed to happen to your kids. Sounds like she is getting the best of care. My oldest daughter works in IR. A couple months a go a lady was brought in to them through the ER and within 15 mins they were operating on her stroke site. Amazing stuff.

 

[Armybrat]

Good thoughts are on the way from Deep in the Heart of Texas to your daughter.... and a couple to you too.
Hang in there Bob, the doctors & nurses these days can do amazing things.

 

[Colonialgirl]

Prayers for your daughter here in Florida Bob; May she continue to improve daily.

 

[Shotgungibbs]

Bob, prayers for your daughter; and your family from Ohio!

 

[sfhogman]

Prayers sent for Linda and all of you....

Jeff

 

[graygun]

You are doing all you can. May His will be done.

 

[hdxr750]

Prayers go out for your Daughter. Sorry to hear about that Bad Luck. Randy

 

[protoolman]

Prayers sent from ND. Hope things start getting better from here.

 

[4kdave]

Prayers for Bob & Family, hope your Daughter gets better and on her feet soon..

 

[Johnnu2]

Prayers from NYS........ keep the faith Bob. My father had a stroke back in the 60's that kept him bedridden for months with no hope from the doctors; then one day, he just got up and was fine except for the loss of hearing in his right ear. Anything (GOOD) is possible. J

 

[375supermag]

Hi...
Hope that your daughter is doing better. Do not give up hope.

I had two strokes in 2012 and recovered completely with no physical or mental impairment, so a good outcome is certainly possible.

My experience may not be typical...my first stroke happened while in the hospital while recovering from a lung biopsy. I think having a nurse in the room at the time went a long way toward getting me immediate care that probably ameliorated the effects. I had a great deal of trouble speaking and couldn't make any sense of the placards in the stroke recovery unit at the hospital. I also had trouble remembering some things. All my symptoms cleared up within the next day. A very scary experience, to say the least.
The second stroke was discovered a few months later during a follow-up MRI. The doctor's are not sure exactly when it occurred as I had no symptoms...they assumed it happened while I was asleep. The MRI showed that it was actually deeper and more widespread than the first stroke, yet I didn't even notice it happened.

All of my follow up CAT-scans and MRIs have shown no evidence of any more CVAs and my neurologist eventually released me from his care with no restrictions on my activities.

 

[CGDustDevil]

You're all in our prayers Bob...

 

[SamV]

My prayer just went out for your daughter and all of you. It sounds like she is recovering already. I hope that it continues to improve.