From Hope to Healing


During Marc's time at Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre in Toronto, Ontario, following a massive stroke and brain bleed, a friend suggested I start a blog. I'd been making notes each day and updating his progress on Facebook but after some thought, I realized that this could be something that Marc could later read to follow his journey back to health.

I thought it might also serve to help someone else. If it can help even one other person to recognize the signs of a stroke or to help a family member understand what happens during this battle, then it was worth recording.

This is Marc's story. It begins with our hope for his survival and follows his healing journey.

For those of you new to blogs, you can find previous posts in the Blog Archive on the right side of the page. Each post has the date so you can easily follow along day by day. Just click the one you want to read. This story starts on Saturday, December 8, 2012.

(To see the earlier blog posts, click on "2012" in the Blog Archive section and it will open the posts from December)

Saturday, January 26, 2013

Saturday, January 26, 2013 - Marc's New T-Shirt

My daughter, Ashley, texted me a couple of weeks ago to show me the t-shirt she found on-line for Marc.  She gave it to him yesterday afternoon.   

Today is officially seven weeks since Marc had his stroke.  That first night while in emergency waiting for the ambulance to whisk him away to Sunnybrook for neurosurgery, Marc turned to me at one point and said, “Sandy, can you sing Soft Kitty for me?”  
When he woke up at Sunnybrook a week after his surgery, he asked me to sing it again.  That’s totally worthy of a t-shirt. 
With no physio or OT happening this weekend, it was pretty quiet today.  Marc did get a visit from his niece, Natalie, who came in from Toronto. 
Natalie and her husband are expecting their first baby this summer, so we got to see an ultrasound video of her.  One more thing to look forward to this year.  I can just see Marc holding the new baby in his arms. 
Maybe if she’s lucky, Uncle Marc will sing Soft Kitty to her. 
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