11/28/2024
Giving Thanks
This has been a life changing year for me. It began on February 20, 2024 when I had a stroke at home while sleeping, I was rushed to the hospital, never road in a ambulance being scared is a under statement, I get to emergency and a team of nurses start helping me asking me questions I was so scared I didn’t know what was going on all I knew I had no movement on my left side of my body after 2 MIR and CT Scan it was determined that I did have a stroke with no bleeding in my brain and heart was good. I spent 25 days in the hospital, started my road to recovery on March 18, 2024 at Pate Rehabilitation - Las Colinas Town Lake were I lived until July 27, 2024 I did 6 hours of physical therapy OT and Speech therapy Monday thru Friday. The first month or so I felt so alone and scared I would cry myself to sleep I couldn’t grasp what was happening to me but after talking to the other house patients they felt the same way, it was mental therapy to talk to each other, in time we all became like Family all my therapist and staff tech were so caring I looked forward to going therapy. Being left handed I had to learn how to use my right hand, had to learn how to walk again from a wheelchair to walker and now walking cain still working on it though. I was discharged completely on November 1, 2024 I was outpatient from July 27to November 1. I miss all therapy family everyday miss the fun and happy times we had in class and sad memories I will never forget sad times, I saw them more than my own we all learned together. Am so Thankful to all my family and friends that prayed over me when I was in the hospital. Never take anything for granted it could be taken away in a blink of eye.