On March 26, 2012, at 1:45AM, my husband suffered a hemorrahgic stroke. When we got to the ER they pretty much told me he wasn't going to make it. But God had other plans. My husband was in ICU for almost two weeks, about one week on a regular floor, and then three weeks in Rehab. Then insurance said we had to go home.
I wasn't sure what to expect when we got home. We had to have a new floor put in our living room and master bedroom as we had sunken floors in both rooms and my husband would not be able to manuever the steps. Wonderful volunteers from our church and family came and put in the new laminate wood floor. Also, one of our angels at church came and poured a concrete ramp from our driveway up to our porch for my husband's wheelchair.
The stroke was on the left side of his brain so it affected his right side. He has trouble walking, he cannot open his right hand to use it and has limited movement of his right arm. Also, it affected his speech.
But, in all the bad that happened there was still good. My husband survived and is now doing therapy at home and making progress. He has lost about 60 pounds and takes medication for his high blood pressure.
God has been good to us and we still have reason to smile.
