Dad's Recovery...an Introduction

Introduction....

So...here we go....Two months ago on Thursday 10th May 2012 my life was turned upside down when my beautiful Dad was admitted to A&E, with the symptoms of a stroke.  Since that day I have kept a diary of my Dads progress - the main reason so I don't lose sight of the progress he is making.

If I'd have known how to write a blog from day one I would have kept my diary on here, but eight weeks in - I've only just learnt how to do it.  It's not a diary where I write my emotions (that's just too personal) but it's a place where I write progress and facts and it's something I refer back to when the going gets tough...to see how far Dad has come in a short space of time.

We - Mum, Dan my brother and I - have had so much support from family and friends...turns out Dads a really popular man and the amount of calls and texts we regularly receive demonstrates how much people care.  By writing a 'blog' on here - it's our way of being able to reach family and friends to update them on how Dad is each day.  Not everyone can get to visit Dad, and not everyone can see Dad on a daily basis, but by reading this you should be able to find out the latest.  It's all new to me - but I've been told readers can leave comments, so please if you are reading this, drop me a comment, ask me a question and let me feel the love!  

Back to Dad - the news back in May wasn't good from the Consultants - we were told Dad had had a 'massive' stroke and that we should be prepared that he will never walk again and he would need help with every aspect of his life.  Devastating considering my Dad is/was such a healthy man - playing golf four times a week (or more), working one day a week, he had a low cholesterol and low blood pressure.  But it turns out that Dad has an irregular heartbeat that may have caused the clot to go to his brain and cause the stroke....thus leaving him with disabilities - potentially for the rest of his life.  Truly life changing for us all x.

After five weeks in Hospital, Dad was transferred to NG on Thursday  14th June - a rehabilitation home where he is now.  We were told he would have six weeks of rehabilitation there - we are now in week four. 

And so this is where the intro ends and I guess the diary takes off....