Seeking calming vibes...

It's going to be okay

➕Peace be to you and your loved ones.➕

You are going through an awful lot. May you and your family find strength to persevere.

They key with surviving a stroke is getting medical treatment ASAP! Sounds like your sister did just that.

Sending healing vibes to you Moostache.

I wish the best for your father and hope he recovers soon.

Blessings and healing to your father. May you weather this storm together.

To your family, as well.

Hopefully he reached the hospital in time for help .... Please be hopeful and support him!

Your DU family is here for you. Lean as hard as you need.

One of our best volunteers where I work made a nearly full recovery from a stroke. His writing needs proofreading because he'll sometimes choose a phonetically similar word to the one he wanted, but he is living a full, creative life as an architect and photographer. I hope your dad's recovery goes as well.

Take care. We are with you on this journey.

take some deep breaths and go to your happy place. We are all supportive in these trying times.

which can matter a great deal for recovery outcomes. Wishing the best and speediest recovery over your way.

hoping for a quick and complete recovery.

take a few deep breaths and wait to hear the prognosis. They can do things for strokes now.

The hardest thing to do is to remember to breathe when in crisis. Prayers for healing and peace on thier way to you and your family.

You may not be a believer, but I am and I will keep you in my prayers that you are protected no matter what the outcome is.

And hugs to you both. Since I can't be there with you, give yourself a good hug.

My dad did suffer a massive stroke tonight, and they performed an emergency mechanical thrombectomy to try to capture and remove the clot from his brain. Surgery was successful and the clot was removed successfully. The surgeon showed me the CAT scans of my dad's brain and the actual clot itself - 15 mm in length. The additional images of the brain scans before and after the procedure were stunning. They told us that his condition is still critical and he will be in ICU for a while, but the acute risk is eliminated as of now.

My dad has actually regained feeling and control of his left arm (at the time he went into surgery he was incapable of moving his arm and could barely lift his foot - he can respond and squeeze his left hand); his speech is coherent and focused although with some issues. We received a very good prognosis and his doctor and surgeon were both very encouraged by his functional recovery and current status. Tonight is going to be sleepless and rough because we are not 100% out of the woods by any measure, but we are incredibly lucky and blessed as well.

Since mom's passing, dad has been living alone. He was in town for a visit today only because he felt it was safe following his vaccination and my sister and I also being vaccinated against COVID. Had he NOT made this trip, had he stayed home alone, he would no longer be with us. My sister was at first racked with guilt while we were in the OR waiting rooms, but we were able to recognize that while no one should EVER have to experience this firsthand, had we not gone through this, an entirely different hell would have awaited us on the other side.

Again, thank you all so very much for the messages of support and healing, I can't possibly express how much it means to hear such kindness and empathy in a world I know is in short supply of both, but I and my family are deeply moved to receive such support and I cannot thank you all enough.

Wishing your Dad improvement every day and towards a complete recovery. You were indeed lucky to have him with you so he could receive immediate care. And sending those incomparable healing DU vibes to your Dad and to you for brighter days ahead...

Let us hope for a good recovery.

Doctors will give you good information that will also calm you. This situation needs time.

Hugs to you, hoping that family hugs will help you through.

May he be well.

I hope this sounds much worse than it is, and everything is back on the rails quickly.

If they got him the new miracle medicine in time, he should be fine.

Damn, that's got to be so hard for all of you.

What a double whammy.

So many multiple whammies for people these days.

Thoughts and vibes for a good outcome.

I hope it goes well for your father.

Here are some virtual hugs:










VERY glad you posted about this, and hopefully got perhaps just a wee bit off your chest at this worrisome time. LOTS of people here care about you and will keep a vigil. This thread is certainly proof!

Please let us know how it's going, and how you're doing.