Alana
my love
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grateful and appreciative of the constant flow of enquiries that
are sent to my website asking about the health of my wife, Alana.
It
has been fully two years since she was stricken with a stroke
in the middle of the night. At first she was completely paralyzed
on her left side, effecting her speech and even her facial
appearance. It has been a long, hard and painful battle,
and I feel because of her tenacity and strong resolve to
overcome the handicaps she will, one day, overcome all the
problems.
She
looks and sounds like her old self. Her thinking is 100%. Thank God.
She's back to running the household and overseeing our sundry business
involvements. On the left side the arm is still without significant movement.
Her leg gains strength and ability with each therapy session at
UCLA rehab clinic. She can stand now and with caregiver assistance she
is able to take a few steps.When
she was taken to Cedars we were told she would walk out of the
hospital. They had no right to say that. Time and again we were
informed that if she was not significantly improved within 6 months,
forget it, her chances for recovery were, at most, slight. Wrong.
We are individuals and we all respond to a different and individual
timetable. She is progressing.It
has been the most challenging period, which has only strengthened our
love. We'll have been married 40 years this October.My
work schedule at KNX has been light and it has provided me ample time
to help take care of her. She is ready for me to be heard, more, on the
air! I always knew she should be in management.Last
month, for the station, I took her on a cruise in Europe; France, Portugal
and Spain. The ship, the Seven Seas Voyager, was superbly equipped for
a wheel-chair bound person. Europe isn't. The United States is amazingly
prepared to help those who need assistance. In Europe we didn't find
a single handicapped equipped bathroom or even a ramp to leave the side-walk
and cross a street. Here's
the point, as tough as it may be traveling with a partially paralyzed
person, it is really worth the adventure. We had so much fun and it rekindled
her enthusiasm for making progress.The
worst of it all was flying. Try getting a wheelchair into the toilet
on any aircraft. Impossible, but then why worry, the flight was only
13 hours! |
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