American Stroke Association

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Hey guys this next website that I want to share with you guys is a website that was very useful to me with my dad. As I told you guys before my dad had sixteen cardiac arrests, and a stroke that left him paralyzed with severe brain damage, and only eighteen percent of his heart working . A lot of people find it hard to believe that he was able to survive all of that, but God has always been with him through everything. After he came home from being in the hospital for three months a lot of things changed. He wasn't able to function like the same dad he was before, but he was still my dad that I loved, and I was really happy to have him back home with me. 

Now that he was back home there were a lot of different precautions that had to be taken in order for him to be as healthy as possible. For example he wasn't able to eat through his mouth at first because the muscles in his throat didn't work properly, and there was a great possibility that he could choke, so he had to be given liquid supplements through a tube in his stomach. He recently passed what they call a "food test", and he is now able to take liquids that are thickened for him through his mouth. He isn't allowed to eat certain foods like spinach or green peas, because they interfere with the medicine he takes for his heart. We also have to try to help him lift his arms, and legs so that he doesn't accumulate blood clots. These are only some examples of things that have to be done for him daily.

Although the doctors gave us all the directions on that to do for his condition, this website www.storkeassociation.org was very useful to my mom who is the person who's always taken care of him. This website gives you other examples different precautions that should be taken with someone after they have a stroke. They also share different stories that I find inspiring and useful. These stories are of real caregivers like my mom who have gone through the same obstacles she goes through on a daily basis, and also for the family members like me and my little brother. 

I hope you guys found some of this information useful!

xo