Two months have passed since my brother suffered a massive stroke and despite the depressing results of the brain scan and dire predictions from specialists, he continues to make steady progress. According to their predictions, he’d never make any improvement beyond what he was immediately following the stroke because there was too much brain damage. He’s been working hard at rehab, is now walking a lot with a hemi walker and is able to maneuver from his bed to wheel chair, wheel chair to toilet, and so forth. He can lift his bad leg from a sitting position and bend it at the knee. There’s trace muscle movement in his bad arm. That’s how the leg improvement started, but the arm is progressing more slowly. He can form words, but not sentences. All in all, he’s done very well over the past two months. Thank you for all the prayers and well wishes.
Elizabeth
Elizabeth Melton Parsons 
July 28, 2008 at 2:15 pm
my family is going through the same thing with my grandpa however, the DR’s are saying that he will never be able to move, talk or walk again. Reading your blog will give me hope. Thank and our prayers are with your family. 🙂
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July 29, 2008 at 2:10 pm
I’m very sorry to hear about your grandpa. Thank you for the prayers and know that ours are with your grandpa as well as you and your family. Recovery is slow and painstaking. Hope and faith are all we have at such times. May God bless you and grant you the strength you need to sustain that hope. Elizabeth
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August 31, 2008 at 10:33 am
Dead Elizabeth,
I’m very sorry.
I know…two strokes – picture of the brain-1/4 “broke” Many, many seizures. Spleen, heart, lung, leg & brain blood clots. Blood disease…mystery. Write…no, limp…favoring one leg, cussing…uh-huh. 26 years old…health, woman.
“Don’t let it beat you.”
Love,
Stephanie
30 years old
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August 31, 2008 at 1:09 pm
Thanks, Stephanie. 🙂 Elizabeth
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July 10, 2009 at 10:06 am
I’m so glad to hear about your brother’s amazing recovery! that is truly a blessing! through God all things are possible despite what anyone else tells you! hearing that gives me more hope for my grandmother! she suffered from her 3rd stroke three days ago, but this time it was a massive stroke leaving her unable to move her left side. Please pray for her
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