Well wishes from [H]ardOCP
Hi, Brian,
I picked up on this story from the [H] a day or two ago. Just this afternoon I contributed to the [H] raffle in your honor. I hope my meager contribution can help you take your 4 kids out for McDonald's or buy some flowers for your wife. Something to keep yours and your family's mind off what may be troubling times ahead.
As the brother of a kid who has grown up with debilitating spina bifida, another neurological disease/condition, I can only give you the following advice -- take each day one at a time, and remember that, regardless of mental state or physical ability, the person you know as your wife is still there. And she will still give you the joy and laughter that she did before the stroke. My brother still does, and he's been through 22 years of ups and downs with his condition.
And laughter is key. If you can get her to laugh, you'll feel a helluva lot better. So will your kids. I know that, when I was 7 or 8 and my brother had been born, I felt most connected to him the day I got him to laugh in his crib. He felt to me, for the first time since his birth, like a little brother.
Tell your wife the worst joke that you can think of. Whatever can make her laugh. Trust me.
Take care, God bless, and keep the thread alive as best as you can.
IronChefMorimoto
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