StrokeSurvivorBlog

It’s 9:45 AM Thursday, 3-13-08 and I just got word that Steve is getting worse. The infection is not responding to the antibiotics and they think it might be spreading throughout his body. They’re talking about moving him back to the hospital. Please pray that they will discover what’s wrong and find out how to treat [...]

Today Steve was started on IVs again for dehydration and an antibiotic for a sinus-ear infection. I didn’t go up to see him because I’m not feeling well today…very tired and a little dizzy and stuffed up. But my daughter Pam is there and she said his right eye was really puffed up and he couldn’t open it. [...]

Today Steve took his first steps with weight on his left leg. It was more like a hop as one therapist moved the leg for him while he moved the right leg with two more therapists helping him. It’s a start. One small step for man, one giant leap for Steve!   He is eating more although he still [...]

Last night I finally understood why Steve doesn’t want to eat and why he says it’s so much work. He says he holds his breath with each bite of food because swallowing is still difficult and he doesn’t want to choke on the food or aspirate it into the lungs. The technical term for this [...]

Please continue to keep Steve in prayer for the relief of pain he’s been experiencing in the sciatica nerve and in his right arm, shoulder and elbow as a result of being in bed for so long, and from using his arm to support his weight in physical therapy and being transferred to a wheelchair. Steve [...]

One week after Steve’s stroke, he was experiencing pain in his sciatica nerve, right arm, shoulder and elbow. This was a result of being confined to bed for so long, and from using his arm to support his weight. On the weekend he was moved to the inpatient rehabilitation department of the hospital for intensive therapy. The next day the whole [...]