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Pocon1, my heart goes out to you and your family. My 82-year old mother had a severe stroke on May 27, 2005 and it has changed her life and my family's life to a point I never could have imagined.
She lies in a nursing home being tube-fed, incontinent, and without the use of her entire right side. She is unable to speak and appears to be for the most part unable to think rationaly. The only joy she seems to get is from a teddy bear that she cuddles and coos over. She is virtually an infant.
I had seen her two weeks before and she was alert, cheerful, and loving. In a flash she was gone and my family and I are left with this shell of a very strong, independent, woman. Her heart and lungs are strong and she may very well live like this for a number of years, according to her physician.
One of the sayings I've used throughout my adult life has always been "what doesn't kill you, makes you stronger." Seeing someone you love suffer a stroke certainly takes any validity out of that saying...
Pocon1, my prayers and thoughts are with you, your mother, and your family.
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