Sent a PM to the "Big Kahuna" upstairs for him. That's young to have a stroke but he has his youth in his favor too.
Into your hands, O God, we commend all for whom we pray, trusting in your mercy, love, grace, and protection. Amen.
Hell yeah gotta take care of my fellow Show Me State people. Prayers definately gonna be happenin for him here.
My family and I are working on this for you Stude -Sled.. My 10 year old says she feels the same way.. Keep us posted on his recovery...ok?
We're pulling for Brian and his family in Wisconsin too! Stay strong Brian. There is a purpose and plan for everything - even, and perhaps especially, the heavy stuff. Thor
thoughts from joplin. if there's anything that i could possibly do to help your families situation, please pm me. anything that may be needed.
Sorry to here about your son and family .I understand what your situation is like ,my father had a stroke in 05 .Best of wishes for your son and family .He has his young age on his side for a fast recovery ...
My thoughts and prayers are with you all. I know only too well how hard it is to deal with serious health issues with one of your children. all the best.
I'm putting you on my prayer list . Have a speedy recovery Brian and praying God will watch over your family.
sorry to hear. important thing now is what the doc's believe might have caused the stroke, congenital-meaning been there sice birth, life style, etc. a stroke is basically a blood vessel that pops in the brain doing some neurological damage. the brain has a way of re-wiring itself, so lets hope that a lot of his feeling and dexterity comes back.
My prayers are with you. Strokes sure aren't just for old people...one of my neighbor's daughters had a catastrophic, permanently disabling stroke at age 12. My thoughts as a librarian: Find out as much as you can about the condition so you can ask the right questions and question choices that are being made. I was just working on a reseach handout for personal medical information, so here is the current draft. It will at least help find what the standard and alternative therapies are, find you people to talk with who have already encountered the problems, and get you information on medications. Read-read-read, and look up every word the doctor uses that you don't fully understand! Medical research for practical application: Start with Medline Plus, http://medlineplus.gov/ , a site run by the National Library of Medicine. First, search the condition/disease/therapy of interest by simply going to “Health Topics” and scrolling to it on the A to Z listing. You will find introductory articles at several levels of complexity and many other articles covering diagnosis, therapy, treatments, and so on. The site also has sections that cover medicines and drugs and a medical dictionary, as well as other tools for developing your understanding of the condition at hand, and even listings of articles on current research and organizations. Some material is classified by the type of patient, men, women, children, seniors. Searching the condition on the search box will then lead you to many more articles in a classified list. From here, go to Google. Do not search on regular Google—go straight to Advanced Google by simply clicking “Advanced” by the regular search line. Put the name of the condition on the first line or on the second line if it contains more than one word. You can add in additional terms needed to focus your search on the top line or on the “or” line if there are multiple possible terms like “Flu” or “Influenza”. You will almost certainly be able to improve your search later as you learn more about subcategories, specific therapies and drugs, or alternate names for the subject. Now…look at the lowest search line, which allows control of the domain for your search. This has interesting possibilities for controlling your results: • .org, organizations, may be the most useful. It will lead you to organizations of patients and their families, often with good discussion groups, organizations supporting research and funding, and organizations of specialized physicians. All of these will help you find out about available therapies and treatments. • .gov will lead you to Federal and State governmental agencies involved in research, treatment, funding, and information on your condition. • .edu leads to university sites and may be a good source for current research materials and universities that may have good specialist library collections. Book resources that are commonly available at libraries include the PDR or Physician’s Desk Reference, which gives detailed information on drug uses, side effects, and contraindications, and the Merck Manual, which gives current information on specific diseases and their common treatments. BML2009
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