August 2017

A lot has happened recently.  I am over a year out of treatment, and I have clear scans.  I really thought this journey was over, but as I'm sure all of you know, Mark had a stroke in February.  It was a vertebral artery tear. Basically, there was a tear in his artery, blood clots collected behind the tear, and all at once they broke loose sending 100 or more clots into his brain.  He was in the hospital for 5 days, and just recently was discharged from PT.  Now comes the hard part. See, his cognitive skills were effected.  He can't be in crowds, he has trouble concentrating, he can only read on his best rested day at an early 4th grade level, and he still has physical issues such as muscle movement or muscle memory, and speaking when he gets over tired.  Now the long road to recovering those issues starts.  6 more months will tell a lot they tell us.