After getting the devastating diagnosis of Advanced State Vascular Dementia in December 2021, the first thing that crosses our mind is “what is next?” Thankfully, we had an appointment already scheduled with our primary doctor for the following Tuesday, which helped give me, as a wife/caregiver, some hope. I didn’t know what direction we would …
Some of my past blog posts have been about the journey my husband was on after a cerebellar hemorrhage in 2019. I will be getting back to those but we had a curve ball thrown at us this year that we didn’t expect. Early in 2021, my husband started having issues when he watched television …
This will be a roller coaster ride After Todd survived the first night, a sense of relief passes over you. As his wife, I knew this wasn’t over, but knowing he fought through that first night gave me a sense of peace. One day 2 I was exhausted due to no sleep. I wasn’t anywhere …
Waiting And Praying We were only halfway to Pittsburgh when I got a call from a surgeon at UPMC Presbyterian Hospital. They needed to relieve the pressure in Todd’s brain and wanted to put a drain in. Trepanation is a common procedure but wasn’t without risk because they had to drill through his skull to …
The day of Todd’s stroke, I knew when it was time to call 911. I can’t explain how I knew except after taking blood pressures that were way too low and then way too high, I still tried to believe Todd was OK, but I knew he wasn’t and I needed to act urgently. It’s …
There are times in all of our lives when we feel like we have nothing to worry about when it comes to our health or the health of our loved ones. My husband and I used to talk about his health and the fact he didn’t take any prescription medications. We got a rude awakening …
The first day after Todd and I got together, we were going to go up to the family camp. He picked me up and then we had to stop at his house to pick up the dogs. Let me just say, from that very moment, these puppers had my heart. Yorkies have such wonderful personalities. …