Without all the prayers of our family and friends the night of November 10th, 2010 and the weeks, months and years that follow, would have been much harder.
The night of the stroke Steve was air lifted to St Mary's Hospital (Mayo) in Rochester while my dear friend Sherri drove me there. Steve was already in having the procedure to try to remove the blood clot from his brain when we arrived. For the first few days he wasn't really aware of anything that was going on, he was able to see us but he couldn't follow what we were saying. Within a couple days he seemed to know who was there, but doesn't have any memory of it.
When he was asked who I was he pointed to his ring finger but didn't know my name. When the kids came in he got teary but couldn't say who they were, however when we would say this is Landon or Shelby he would nod in acknowledgement.
He could verbally spell his name and other things before he could actually say any words.....the brain is an amazing organ. Steve said some 'very interesting things' that he doesn't believe he said....things I won't write but were very humorous (if you ever want to know just send me a private email message..lol). Lets just say it made us wonder about him!
After about a week in neurointensive care he was moved to the Cardiovascular floor where he stayed until he went to the Brain Rehabilitation program (4th floor at St Mary's).
He was at the hospital until the end of December and then he came home.
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