I've been wanting to post about this for some time now, but I guess I just haven't had the time to give it what it deserves.
One of my closest friends, and roommates, Heidi, received a panicked phone call from her sister on the Wednesday night before we were to leave school for our Christmas break. Her sister let her know that their mother had suffered, what they later learned was a stoke induced seizure, in the living room of their home where she and her mom had been watching tv that evening.
Less than an hour from receiving the phone call, before even learning what exactly had happened to her mother, Heidi and I had loaded her car and sent her on her way to her family's home to be there for her sister and family.
Thankfully, Heidi's dad was at the house when it happened, and was able to take control and get paramedics to the house asap. Heidi's mother was taken to the hospital where the doctors ran tests and concluded that she had endured a stroke in her brainstem, which is known to be an especially serious area of the brain to be effected.
Heidi's mom stayed in ICU for a couple weeks, and the last week or so in the stroke unit of the hospital, thankfully, she has now been released to a rehabilitation facility where she will remain anywhere from 4-8 weeks.
She has remained completely aware for the most part through the entire process, however because of the trachea tube in her throat, she is unable to speak. Slowly she has gained enough control over certain parts of her body to move them minimally. Heidi's dad has done an awesome job of giving friends and family daily updates on facebook, and when being asked about their home's ability to have a functioning wheel chair for her, they responded by letting doctors know that she planned on walking out of rehab!
The Thomson's are one of the most spiritual and faithful families I know. There is no doubt in my mind that God used them, and Mrs. Thomson, because He trusted them to take a situation like this and make it point back at Him. They are 100% optimistic and hopeful that, eventually, Mrs. Thomson will gain complete functioning. And when she does, I know she will give full credit to her Jesus.
Please pray for her swift recovery.
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| Last New Year's Eve...she had ALL of Heidi and her older brother's friends at their home to ring in the New Year 2 years in a row! |
Bethany
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