Monthly Archives: May 2018

August 15, 2017,  Tuesday,  Day of Tom’s big Stroke I was awakened by Tom at 6:30am when he mumbled nonsense then laughed at himself. When I shook him and told him to wake up, he repeated the unintelligible words. Alarmed, I turned on the lights, leaned over his face and saw he was fully awake.Continue reading “Cathy Remembers Day One”

Here I am by the ocean.  At Shamel Park, in beautiful Cambria by the sea.  Cambria is a quaint little community on US Highway 1, about twelve miles from the famous Hearst Castle.The free Volunteer community bus dropped me off at the library this morning.  We let them know yesterday that I wanted to go withContinue reading “An adventure by myself”

We got up this morning around 6:30 a.m..  I was scheduled for a CAT scan in San Luis Obispo at 10:30 a.m..  We’ve found it takes us about four times as long to get somewhere as it used to.  Dressing, riding the stairs chair down, and slowly making my way out to the car addsContinue reading “An ordinary day in the life of a stroke survivor and his caregiver”