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May 23, 2025 “There’s No Place Like Home” – Dorothy, The Wizard of Oz When Mike woke up on Day 3 in Albany Med, I was by his side. I asked him how he was doing. He told me “I keep waiting to wake up in my bed and know that this is all just Read more
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May 16, 2025 “Home is the nicest word there is.” – Laura Ingalls Wilder Mike is GOING HOME on Tuesday, May 20, four short days away!!! 🎊🎉 He continues to do well in therapy. At this point, it is all about the repetition, getting the brain to connect with his left side until it just Read more
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May 9, 2025 Some day, I will read these updates to Mike that chronicle his amazing journey from stroke to recovery. This title alone will put a big smile on his face 😀 Change is the only constant in life. Mike is still Mike…but different. He is unbelievably somehow stronger in his vulnerability. Sincere gratitude Read more
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May 1, 2025 I decided I will do weekly updates to let you all know how Mike is doing. So many of you have reached out to ask. That means so much to us. Progress at this point is still daily but in very small ways. God has been so faithful and we thank Him Read more
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April 18, 2025 So we are a full week now since Mike’s stroke. Mike had a restless night. Didn’t sleep at all. He’s experiencing hospital delirium. It’s common with some patients in his condition. As I and his kids have experienced when we visit, he will talk about going upstairs to lay down or asking Read more
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April 15, 2025 Mike did well last night. His head pain stayed at 5/10 til just recently where they administered more Oxycodone. A new head CT was just taken so we will get those results later this morning. He asked for food around midnight and ate a bit. Blood pressure remains under control. Before I Read more
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April 14, 2025 Mike did well last night. Blood pressure is staying in the 130/80 range where they want it. The drip he was on has been lowered from 32 to 8, which they say is really good and he’s still maintaining that BP so great progress. Neurosurgery saw him just now and with his Read more
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Mike had a decent night considering. They closely monitored him throughout the night to make sure his blood pressure did not spike out of control and looked for any signs of his breathing being compromised. The blood on the brain needs time to resorb back into the body. Until it does, it will continue to Read more
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I hate navigating hospitals. It’s weird that you’re kind of left to your own devices to get to where you need to be. Sure, they direct you but in a large hospital like Albany Med, you can get disoriented quickly. Walking the halls, smelling certain smells and passing patient rooms, just knowing there’s sadness and Read more
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The Happily Never After “Hmm…why haven’t I heard from Mike yet?” That was my thought as I looked at the clock and saw it was about 3:30 pm. It was a Friday afternoon and getting close to the end of my workday. I was done with court and excited to get out of work and Read more
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