Mom’s Stroke

Update 2/2/2022

Mom is coming home today. She has been at Tour Rehab in New Orleans for about 2 months now. They removed her trach and she started eating and drinking very soon after that, last week they removed her feeding tube as well. She is able to sit up on her own for about 30 minutes. She can tolerate standing for a short period of time with assistance. She cannot use her right side at all, so she uses her left side for eating and writing to communicate. She still cannot speak, and she may never be able to. We hope in time she is able to communicate more through her writing. She will be able to come home which is a blessing, but she will need 24 hour care for the foreseeable future. Which of course insurance doesn’t cover so that will all be out of pocket. Please continue to pray for her and our family. Especially my step dad. He will be her primary care taker and this is going to be a very hard on him. It would be hard on anyone. Thank you for all of your prayers, messages and following her on this journey. It means more than you know.

Update 11/3

Mom is at rehab now. We are still waiting on the swelling to go down to see how much functionality she has. She had an infection that set her back. We are praying no more setbacks and moving forward just recovery! Thank you for your continued prayers!

Update 10/26/2021

Mom had another stroke/ brain bleed and had to have another surgery on 10/23. She is still in ICU with swelling of the brain a minimal response. Praying nothing is else was damaged and that we can get her back to where she was on her recovery last Friday. It is so terrible watching her suffer. Please keep praying for a miracle.

On October 10th 2021, my mom suffered a massive stroke. She was a healthy 57-year-old mother and grandmother. She was home alone at the time and we have no idea what time the stroke started. She was air lifted to LSUS Hospital where they performed a thrombectomy to remove the blood clot and then eventually a craniotomy to relieve the pressure from the swelling in her brain. After 9 days of waiting and praying, she finally opened her eyes, but at this point can only communicate by squeezing her left hand and blinking. We are still unsure what she truly understands. We hope that each day the swelling in her brain goes down and she regains more cognitive ability. Thank you so much for all of your prayers, calls, etc. We need the prayers to continue, because this is going to be a long road for her. I had no idea how awful something like this could be. Our grandfather had a stroke in his 50s, but we were young and I barely remember what happened. I just remembered visiting him in the hospital and him being in a wheelchair. However, he learned how to walk, talk, sing, write and do all of the things. God’s power is amazing and we are praying every day that he will give my mother the strength to heal and recover from this tragedy.