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Hi Folks~
I wanted to let y'all know that my husband, long-time GIMer, "Silver," suffered a massive stroke on the morning of Saturday, March 13. He was flown from our town in the middle of nowhere West Texas to the closest, biggest city with a neurology team, and underwent emergency brain surgery to stop the bleed. They had a drain in the right side of his head for almost two weeks, and drilled a hole in the left side to relieve pressure.
I found him semiconscious and pretty much unresponsive on the bathroom floor that morning. It was a living nightmare.
He spent 13 days in ICU, three days in a regular hell room, and is currently in a rehabilitation hospital closer to where I'm staying at a friend's home. We live 3.5 hours away. I drove home today to check on our cats and 16 year old dog that a friend is taking care of for us, and figured I should update y'all, his "Virtual Friends" as I call you, as best I can.
He had a hemorrhagic stroke on his right side - in the basal ganglia. He is left-handed and his left side just isn't working yet. He's been talking to me for a few days, although his speech is labored and quiet. He is the strongest, most brilliant, most stubborn man I have ever known, and I expect his recovery to be miraculous. He would be horrified to know I'm sharing this information but I opened his computer after all this time, and GIM was open. It was the last thing he was looking at the night before it happened.
Culprit: Untreated hypertension and diabetes. We don't go to doctors (except dentist), we don't eat out, I cook all of our meals and we eat a very healthy diet. The last year's stressors have really done a number on him. Both of his parents suffer/ed from hypertension and diabetes, both on meds, with his mom dying at 83 and his dad still kicking at 95. My anti-med nature man couldn't have stopped this, and he just turned 66 - a vital, strapping, man's man at 66 - and the doctors and nurses are impressed with his recovery and physical condition thus far.
Many of y'all know we started a coffee business and this is how we hit our first year mark. I will have to youtube how to use the vintage roaster once we get back home, just so I can be prepared as his backup. I normally handle everything except the roasting. That's his thing.
Anyway, I have laundry to do and cats to pet before heading 3.5 hours back down the road this evening. I can't stand the thought of being this far from my man.
Check your blood pressure and be well, y'all.
Best,
Loving Wife of Silver
PS - I will have his laptop with me from now on, I know he talks to several of y'all privately.
I wanted to let y'all know that my husband, long-time GIMer, "Silver," suffered a massive stroke on the morning of Saturday, March 13. He was flown from our town in the middle of nowhere West Texas to the closest, biggest city with a neurology team, and underwent emergency brain surgery to stop the bleed. They had a drain in the right side of his head for almost two weeks, and drilled a hole in the left side to relieve pressure.
I found him semiconscious and pretty much unresponsive on the bathroom floor that morning. It was a living nightmare.
He spent 13 days in ICU, three days in a regular hell room, and is currently in a rehabilitation hospital closer to where I'm staying at a friend's home. We live 3.5 hours away. I drove home today to check on our cats and 16 year old dog that a friend is taking care of for us, and figured I should update y'all, his "Virtual Friends" as I call you, as best I can.
He had a hemorrhagic stroke on his right side - in the basal ganglia. He is left-handed and his left side just isn't working yet. He's been talking to me for a few days, although his speech is labored and quiet. He is the strongest, most brilliant, most stubborn man I have ever known, and I expect his recovery to be miraculous. He would be horrified to know I'm sharing this information but I opened his computer after all this time, and GIM was open. It was the last thing he was looking at the night before it happened.
Culprit: Untreated hypertension and diabetes. We don't go to doctors (except dentist), we don't eat out, I cook all of our meals and we eat a very healthy diet. The last year's stressors have really done a number on him. Both of his parents suffer/ed from hypertension and diabetes, both on meds, with his mom dying at 83 and his dad still kicking at 95. My anti-med nature man couldn't have stopped this, and he just turned 66 - a vital, strapping, man's man at 66 - and the doctors and nurses are impressed with his recovery and physical condition thus far.
Many of y'all know we started a coffee business and this is how we hit our first year mark. I will have to youtube how to use the vintage roaster once we get back home, just so I can be prepared as his backup. I normally handle everything except the roasting. That's his thing.
Anyway, I have laundry to do and cats to pet before heading 3.5 hours back down the road this evening. I can't stand the thought of being this far from my man.
Check your blood pressure and be well, y'all.
Best,
Loving Wife of Silver
PS - I will have his laptop with me from now on, I know he talks to several of y'all privately.
