my husband - Update - He's home!

[joe817]

Thank you God! Please, continue to bless Steve in his recovery and keep Carla strong through his recovery.

Praise Him, and Amen and Amen!

[longtooth]

Thank you LORD

[bryang]

Praise the Lord, for He is good!

-george

[quidni]

He's home!

The doc released him from the hospital around noon-ish today, with a thick stack of printed information and instructions and a half-dozen prescriptions which will be tweaked over the next few months to get the best results.

I wasn't home when the stroke happened. I thank God that Steve was pulling a day of overtime at the office, so that he was around people who could tell something was wrong. Since he wouldn't let them take him to the hospital, they drove him home - and I got home just a few minutes before he did. I pulled a SWMBO on him and got him to Emergency ASAP.

MRI/EKG/ECG/yada yada showed no hemorrhaging or clots, no heart damage, and the residual effects of the stroke are continuing to fade. As long as he (and by that I mean "we" - we're in this together) follow through with proper maintenance, the prognosis is "good to excellent."

Everything that happened, and the way it happened, has showed us the hand of God in control over the situation. Prayers were being answered before they were even asked.

God's blessings on all of you who lifted us up in prayer. Thank you!

[longtooth]

We thank you for including us in your ministry to Steve.
We love seeing God work too.

[C-dub]

This may seem wierd, but my wife had what I was sure was stroke a few years ago, but all the tests showed no evidence of anything like that. The only test result that was even slightly abnormal was her TSH. We started her on Synthroid. After months of no improvement we ended up at an Endocrinolgists office at the advice of a friend. As it turned out she had lost the ability to convert T3 to T4, or vice versa. Apparently this is common among women over 35y that have pregnancies, but also sometimes happens to men. Now, with the proper diagnosis and meds she is just fine, but she can't miss a single day without some of the old symptoms creeping in.

I'm not saying this is what happened to your husband, but checking with an Endocrinologist and getting the proper lab tests couldn't hurt. Most GP's just don't know enough about hormones to properly diagnose or treat this. My wife's initial symptoms were: loss of feeling in legs and left arm, loss of mobility of these limbs, 20y loss of memory, loss of speech. Everything accept the memory came back within days. The memory didn't begin to come back until we got the proper supplements for her thyroid. This thyroid is such a strange thing that controls so many things. The docs still don't know why her memory was affected.

I sincerely hope this is not the case with your husband, but if it is I hope this is helpful.

[quidni]

I sincerely hope this is not the case with your husband, but if it is I hope this is helpful.

No, the diagnosis was verified and re-verified through multiple tests. Unfortunately stroke, hypertension and to a lesser extent heart disease, tend to run in Steve's family.

This was a "classic" stroke - but the damage wasn't permanent. A slight delay in treatment, it could have been. One more hour, and we could have lost him.

But it is helpful to know that there are other things that can mimic stroke, and good that your wife's doctors were able to finally get her the appropriate treatment.

[joe817]

Praise be to Him as your and our prayers were answered! Give Steve my best wishes for a total and speedy recovery.

Thank you Lord for being with Steve in his hour of need. Amen.

[bryang]

Thank You Lord that Steve is home and doing well. Praise the Lord!

-geo