This is Stacy. Your life can change in a minute. To know my husband David is to love him and if you don’t know him, he can be your friend in a minute with his sense of humor and that smile. Most of all… his heart. He has always been the one to fix this/fix that for the family, any of his friends, and even strangers. His dedication to his customers in his IT business was hard to find. A Friday night watching movies at home turned into a nightmare around midnight. I called 911 to our house as it seemed David had or was having a stroke. All from what we thought was a normal headache. He was taken to Riverview Regional Medical Center in Gadsden and within an hour was headed to UAB on what was the only night we had snow in our area of Alabama. The ER doctor said he had a brain bleed and we had to move him immediately. The AMed paramedics got him to UAB in that storm and even called and checked on my SIL and me while we were headed that way in the snow. UAB’s Neuro team was waiting on David and quickly got him to CT. Some know of David’s long ongoing journey after having a severe hemorrhagic brain bleed. Some are still finding out. However, not many know how serious it was… several surgical procedures including a craniotomy, infections, and pneumonia. The head of the NICU Critical Care team at UAB called David “His Warrior”. He could sense David’s fight and encouraged him as much as we did. David endured months in the hospital including that UAB Neuro ICU, Encompass rehab, Atlanta’s Shepherd Center inpatient rehab and their day program after that. After finally getting home, he’s had multiple therapies weekly at UAB Spain rehab and locally. He’s a walking miracle we were told by his care team at the Shepherd Center. We have recently found out that his visual deficits will probably be permanent. We are going to continue speech therapy at UAB and with me working with him at home for his aphasia. The experts say this can get better with repetition. This has hit us hard. It is hard to ask for help. There will continue to be other ongoing medical treatment and expenses that insurance does not cover. We’ve been told by doctors that with his type of brain injury, the brain can re-route and reconnect for a long period of time. David isn’t able to work. He was self-employed and we had to refer his clients to someone else. I have been trying to balance my work, taking care of David’s needs, our home, and being sure he can get treatment to maximize his recovery. We don’t know what his new normal will be but we know it is an ongoing challenge. People have asked our family and me “What can I do?” This is one way you can help. If you would like, please donate below and/or share and know how appreciated it will be. Thank you! ❤️
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