Lost....

well, I've been away from the blogs for a little while because.....

On March 17th at 1:24 am my precious Johnny boy suffered a stroke

he woke me up and said.....there's something wrong

he suffered an ischemic stroke in the very back of his head, at the brain stem

this is the area that mostly controls your balance along with other things

he had no balance, at all, just fell forward

his vision went

he couldn't move his head without becoming violently sick

the pressue of his brain swelling bruised his precious face

it was awful

and we were both very scared

We are........

thankful for God's grace

thankful for excellent doctors

thankful for friends and family praying for Johnny

thankful for most awesome nurses

thankful that my Johnny boy is recovering

the statistics for the kind of stroke Johnny had is scary

the kind of stroke he had makes up for only 20% of all strokes

40% do not survive

50% survive but do not fully recover....a lot of those that do survive

remain in a vegetative state

10% fully recover

10%!!

My Johnny.....he is in the 10%

WOW

he is now in the rehab center

he couldn't walk

then he used a walker

then he used a cane

and now, well, that strong husband of mine is walking on his own

slow and a bit wobbly but still...on his own!!

the doctors have told us he will make a full recovery

his dr said one year from now, you'll never know he had a stroke!

beautiful words to my ears

we are humble, grateful...and thankful

and overjoyed that he will be home soon

later....