texback Report post Posted November 21, 2015 Didn't know where to post this really so I put it here. A bit over a month ago my 32 yo son had a major stroke. I have been traveling every weekend to see him and so I haven't been here on the site hardly. He has no use of his right arm, very limited use of his right leg, and can only speak a very few words. He has been getting rehab but it can only help so much. He was out with some friends and fell off a barstool so they assumed he had had too much to drink. They took him home and left him where his mother found him the next day around 5:30 pm. He was taken to 3 different hospitals that night. He was very close to death at the time. I am posting this not to gather sympathy......but rather to urge everyone to learn to recognize the signs of a stroke. Had his friends been able to recognize the signs and had called 911, the doctors may have been able to reverse the stroke. There is a drug they can give ONLY in the first hour of a stroke that can reverse or minimize the damage. Not all people will exhibit all the signs of a stroke. They may only show a sign or two. If the person suddenly doesn't seem themselves, or shows any of the signs get them medical help ASAP. Stroke can happen to a person of any age. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
electrathon Report post Posted November 21, 2015 Speaking as a person who has undergone a major injury in life and who watched it have an effect on both of my parents. I pray that healing will progress in your sons life and that strength and wisdom will grow in your life and the rest of those who know and love him. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
