Ten days ago around 7:30 AM Steve started to have another seizure. I was downstairs and he was still in bed. He felt it come on with the side of his tongue getting thick and his head starting to swim. He couldn’t talk, but he was able to bang his fist on the wall behind the [...]
A side effect of Steve’s stroke was breathing difficulty. It wasn’t anything that could be treated with a pill. While he was in the nursing home he got instant relief from the labored breathing on two occasions when Krista, a substitute physical therapist, worked on him. She was just filling in and commuted from another city, but she had [...]
About 6 months after Steve’s stroke, he started aquatic therapy at the CP Center working one-on-one with a physical therapist. When the insurance ran out, they offered us a pool pass for 10 one-hour sessions for only $20 if I worked with him instead of the therapist. That worked out great because I knew what to do. And there was [...]
Monday, Feb. 23, 2009 marked the one-year anniversary of Steve’s stroke. As I look back over the last year I am amazed at all that has happened. There were many successes and victories, challenges and setbacks. Frustration, hopelessness, discouragement and depression are emotions that Steve struggles with, so it is good that we look back [...]
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