For those of you that do not know, my darling Tim suffered a massive stroke on Saturday in California. He has been transported to ICU at John Muir Hospital in Walnut Creek, CA. I am here in Cali staying in Alameda with a very sweet caring couple. I am being very well taken care of. I plan to fly home on Friday and spend the weekend with my kids and then come back. I love them and miss them very much. I am hoping to update here, since it is becoming more and more difficult as Tim spends more time alert to be both with him and constantly on the phone keeping everyone in the loop. Text messages are always good since I can return them when I can.
As for Tim, since the original diagnosis of he wasn't going to make it through the night, he has come a very long way. He is semi alert but still very sleepy. They have removed the breathing tube and he is no longer on life support. He has been able to voice the words I love you and want water. He continues to try to speak many more. He is paralyzed on the right side of his body, but I am confident that with faith and Tim's strong determination that that will come back. He is signing a few words, as he does know fluent sign language. We are meeting with the speech pathologist again today to redo his swallow test so that hopefully he will be able to start learning to eat again and we can remove his feeding tube. We will also meet with the physical therapist today and he will receive a neuro psyche eval to give us a baseline to be able to base his progress off of. The only thing keeping him in ICU right now is his blood pressure. He is on maximum doses of meds and they cannot keep it under control without them and they are all IV form. As soon as we can control the BP we will be able to look at moving him to a regular room. Then we will focus on the long road to recovery that we have ahead of us. We are looking at 10-12 months of rehab to get him to a functioning place again.
I love all of you and so does Tim. We are very thankful for all of the blessings and amazing people that we have in our lives. If someone could please copy this to the places I frequent (AW, TM) I would much appreciate it. Again, thank you everyone for your thoughts and prayers.
Much Love,
Angie
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11 comments:
I'm so happy to hear he's recovering well so far!! Still thinking about you guys and hope his progress continues. Love you guys!
Angie- I will be keeping you and Tim in my prayers.
Brooke - madmacksmommy from Amity
Thanks Angie for the update. Your kids and family miss you too. Be safe and we will see you in a couple days! Give Tim hugs from us :)
We love you so much and you are constantly in my thoughts and prayers. Way to go Tim on beating the odds! I know he will continue to recover with your love and faith. Let me know if you need anything. xoxo
So glad he's improving! We love you guys!
Angie, I'm really happy that Tim is doing better. Just remember that baby steps are still steps and any amount of progress is a blessing and an achievement. We all love you honey and will keep you in our prayers!! Amy Gannaway
Thank Heaven. Angie I am so grateful for the update as you've been in my heart all week. What a blessing and miracle to have your loving Tim remain here on Earth with you. I know you'll take great care of him and pray for strength to you both. With love and admiration, Karly Herrera
I am happy to hear he is doing better. I will keep you guys in my prayers. When I heard the news, it broke my heart. There is such thing as miracles, have faith.
Love,
Amanda
Angie, I am so sorry. I just read this and I had absolutely no idea. Please if you ever need anybody to talk to just call. Any time!!
Angie, I had no idea! I am so sorry to hear about what has happened. If there is anything I can do please let me know. Your family will be in our prayers and I will put Tim on the Mesa Temple prayer roll.
I've been thinking about you. How are things going with Tim. How are you doing?
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