and peace to you. Harborview is excellent and he will get up to the minute care there.

N t

Hugs for you and best wishes for your son.

Nt

N t

I hope your son recovers soon. Keep us posted. Hugs from Florida.

I will
How is Florida did you do ok with the storm recently?

But no major damage.

N t

I was a heavy smoker and overweight. It was suggested that I had suffered TIAs (mini-strokes) in the past and not be aware of it.
I was in a nursing home for 6 months until my body recover enough to start physical therapy. I joke about that time as me being at the airport in the long term parking lot.

My 85 year old Dad visited every week, and grab/squeezed my hand and told me that I would walk again. The support I got from my Dad/Family is the reason I am walking today.

Your son WILL recover and your SUPPORT will help him on the path of recovery

Like I said in another response post
I do believe love and support helps a lot
I’m glad your dad was there for you

Until then, please know how much love and support the DU community is sending your way. We care.

I know Du cares that’s why I came there’s good people here

of relief that he is going to be OK because the quick timing he got a drug to stop any clot and get blood flowing again saved him and younger stroke patients are more likely to benefit from this early treatment

We are in Wenatchee hospital genes the Skype to harbeeview (yes harberview is good ) but the problem they are having is his age and he doesn’t smoke do drugs rarely drinks no real reason for this to come on but I did ask about the possibility of previous unknown strokes and the nurse said about the mini strokes
The only risk factor is I have a dual hereditary blood clot factor that means he carries 1 but they are still trying to figure out. If it’s s strike the whys so far he hasn’t responded differently to the medication
I so appreciate the posts

i am not familiar with strokes and am unable to provide anything noteworthy on them.
sorry.
i will tell you that i am glad you are with your son and i know he is comforted that you are there.
ask questions when you don't understand--ask questions even if you understand.

i just saw your latest update and i'm glad you are not waiting by yourself.

i wish only the best for you and your son. you are both in my thoughts. i know it is very stressful; try to rest, try to eat something.

We did get a small bite to eat😊
Resting is the hard part

I am on the other coast sending my get well prayers for your son. Decades ago My mother took me to an ER, We both thought for a few hours I was dying. It was terrifying. I am so sorry. I am glad he is getting the best care possible..

So nice to have family and friends around

I am sending good vibes and energy and praying very hard for you and your precious son tonight.🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻 Do you have anyone you can call to come and be with you? Keep us updated on how he is doing❤️❤️

His dad and his two sisters are here brother at home taking care of our dog and my large family all sending prayers
I am trying to be strong so they don’t see how worried I am plus more circle of love helps and any ideas I just can’t wrap my head around a 29 year old having a stroke I know even younger people do but it’s crazy
He’s incredibly smart (computer tech systems tech at his work )
He is resting although they have to wake him every little bit to test him again can you feel this can you say this etc
They are doing there job
Sorry about the ramble
It’s 11 pm and hubby and I been up since like 4

remain with hospitalized patients, even overnight. I had to be very pushy about this a few years ago, when my daughter was hospitalized. They were telling me there wasn't room enough for me, because of the roommate, but I knew the hospital's own "Bill of Rights" says that a family member is allowed to stay in the room with a patient. So I sat in a folding chair half in and half out of the room all night. The next day they discovered that there was a single room available after all, big enough for me to stay with her from then on.

You and your hubby must be utterly exhausted though. I hope one of you can go home and get some sleep.

The nurse made me a bed on the pull out couch
& Helped me get more coffee
Hubby and sisters went home for some rest I will go later in the am and do that and one or more will come back here

I wish I knew the right words to make a scared mother feel better -- I don't. All I can say is that I care, too.

At the moment it’s quiet and texting on my phone to as many posts as I can is helping
I know that many Du members are up all night it seems
I will be fielding multiple texts and calls from concerned family members in the morning ( my daughter was doing most that while he was in the ER)

Stay strong, take care of yourself, and know that there are many people who care. Prayers and healing thoughts are on their way to your son and to you.

Stay calm for your son, and may his recovery be swift and complete.

He has youth on his side, and probably good health. He will probably come through just fine. My sister had a mild stroke a couple years ago at age 67 and she is just fine now. Modern medicine does miraculous things these days.

Please keep us posted on how he does.

You guys are great you don’t know me and here you are like family with love and support
I’ll probably use you guys to fill the in between awake and short naps on the couch I won’t sleep much any how with them checking him every few mins
Plus I don’t sleep good anyhow because a bad hip scheduled for surgery in Dec
Dad and sisters went home for rest we will trade out tomorrow
So far no real change although nurse Dad and I all thought that there was a slight improvement in the hand eye cordination at the last check

You know Harborview is one of the best.
Best of thoughts to your son and you.

With a specialist in harberview ( once they got it to work) that was something never saw that done before even with my large family but having had my dad at Harberview I know they have good docs there and they will consult with the ones here
The specialist was even a bit puzzzled I understood the docs and nurses here saying he was the youngest Theve ever had as a stroke possibility but the harberview guy say it’s rare that’s something but the younger age I guess gives them hope

if he's had a stroke.

It sounds like they think he had a mild stroke caused by a blood clot, so they're giving him a blood thinner to get that taken care of, and they're doing tests to see what else, if anything, might be the matter.

If this was a stroke, the good thing is that you caught this while it was still mild and got him to the hospital. The doctors and nurses will know how to take it from there. But as a mother of young adults, I know how hard it is to just sit there helplessly and have to wait. There's nothing worse than having to go through something like this with our children.

I am familiar with heparin also. I had a P E years ago due to a blood clot and my youngest sister also found out we carry a genetic factor for it (rare double one) so my son would carry the single gene
But they also thought he had some narrowing of blood vessels in his neck
They did say they did not see any bleeding on his brain

No wisdom here. But the best thing is that they've identified the problem. Now you can deal with it, along with medical science! The worst thing would be not knowing he has this condition.

Hugs to you! He will be better in the morning, and they will probably send him home with medicine and instructions!

DU is a family and you are a member of our family and we are all here for you, your son and your family.

and sending my positive thoughts to you and your son.

May it help you.

Hugs.

But I think my phone is as tired as I am ( although I am also half trying to stay awak and half trying to go to sleep)
Anyhow in the middle of one of my thank yous my phone just stalled for the longest time so hence why I think tired
So I just want to say a big thank you to all especially any I missed. Just for being here

As hard as it is, please be sure to take good care of yourself through this difficult time.

My son was diagnosed with cancer a week after he graduated high school. There were many months of stress through surgery, treatment and testing, and years of worrying about recurrence. He is now 37 years old and I just got back from visiting him and his wife and daughter in Japan where they work for the US State Department.

There is a healthy, happy future ahead for your son, thanks to great medical care and the loving support of family. Be sure to celebrate even the tiniest bit of good news or spark of recovery, because those moments will add up, layer upon layer. One day you will look back on this time as a frightening episode in the past and recognize that, as a family, you all survived and thrived.

All the best to you

Also, remember self-care. You need to take care of yourself so you can help your son. Sending good vibes to you and your son.

And stay strong. Keep us updated.

I know the feeling unfortunately.

My son made it through 2 brain tumor operations.

He is 100% now. Hope yours will be too.

it will continue along this positive road

you got here there as quickly as you did.

A positive ( yesterday and the day before was dark & dreary)

So glad to hear this positive sign. Keep posting news for us .......

I wasn’t there I had gone home to change and get an hours rest but my daughter share this with me conversation between neurologist and my son

Dr said she needed to ask him some Questions.
Dr.: Who is our current president?
J: I don't know, some idiot.
Dr (laughs): can you tell me his name?
J ( short pause): do I have to say his name?
Dr: yes. I'm actually going to ask you the names of the last 3
J (sigh): Trump
Dr: and before that?
J: Obama
Dr:and do you remember who was before that
J: yeah, Bush

Judging by: https://www.democraticunderground.com/125614458#post63
...he needs to heal quickly because we need his vote on 6th.

And just needs to mail or drop it off.

Lucky here in Wa we have mail ballots.
( doing better then me I still have to finish mine figure out the judges etc should be done by tonight or Monday )

We will continue praying for a fast recovery.

I had looked at that before but it doesn’t have a couple of my local races at least as far as I can tell I was going to check one more time. What’s really frustrating is the local paper doesn’t have it either so far I’ve tracked down some of the more local stuff.
Just a bit more to go.