My long-time readers may remember that almost two years ago my husband suffered a major stroke. It left him an invalid, half-blind, no longer able to read, and with expressive aphasia, meaning he has difficulty with verbal expression. I quit my job and have been his caregiver since that time. Last week he fell, fracturing…
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Reading Aloud: Dinosaur Hearted
Ever since my husband had a major stroke in 2017, he has been unable to read. One problem is that the stroke left him with hemianopia, or visual field cut, a loss of the right half of his vision in both eyes. However, it also appears that he suffered a loss of reading ability owing to…
Reading aloud
Ever since my husband had a major stroke last February, he has been unable to read. One problem is that the stroke left him with hemianopia, or visual field cut, a loss of the right half of his vision in both eyes. However, it also appears that he suffered a loss of reading ability owing to…
Good times with family
My husband had a heart procedure done three weeks ago, and family members have come from far and wide to visit. Daughter #1 drove up from Florida to be here for the procedure and left this morning. Son and his wife flew in from 3,000 miles away and stayed a week, leaving yesterday. Daughter #2,…
Stroke
It’s amazing how the brain can heal after a stroke. Many of my blog followers may remember my posts last February after my husband suffered what the doctors said was a major stroke in his brain’s left occipital lobe. The process of healing was very fast in some regards. He regained some of the strength…
Trying to get back
I’ve been away and have missed blogging and reading the posts of the bloggers I follow. It’s been over 3 weeks since my last post when I asked for prayers and good thoughts because my husband had just suffered a major stroke. He is back home now after being hospitalized and treated by neurologists, gastroenterologists,…
Change: Asking for prayers
Change is the law of life. And those who look only to the past or present are certain to miss the future. (John Kennedy) Sometime in the night last night my husband of almost 40 years had a stroke. I am with him now in the hospital. I ask my dear readers and blog followers…
Unexpected in common hours 