Last night my husband had a stroke.

He is in hospital and I am in and out helping care for him.

It has affected his right side. As of this time, the paralysis is mostly gone now, and a weakness remains. He says he feels like there is a boot on his foot all the time. He feels heavy on the right side from the top of his head to his foot.

Mobility is limited when walking and using his small muscles. He cannot write

If I was to do a specific prayer it would be for a speedy recovery.

God is good! It could have been much worse!

Thanks :)

Gail, I am praying for you and your hubby.

May God's healing presence be with him, and with your entire family.

I continue to Pray...

Gail, my wife and I will continue to pray for your husband, and also for yourself at this time.

May the Lord continue to heal, and continue to give you comfort and strength.

Graeme (and Jeanette)

Hi, Gorgeous!

You and your family will definitely be in my thoughts and prayers.

My prayer will be that whatever happens in your husband's recovery process that the Lord will give you and your husband the courage and strength to handle it.

Hang in there!

Halfstep Denise

Sammy and I will pray for you and Russ, too, Gail. Our God is good.

My daughter is a occupational therapy major and deals with people like your husband in her training. What is needed is training of the person to use a different part of his brain to relearn basic skills like eating and writing and walking. It is like a hard drive crash and all that data in that part of the drive is gone. Same for the human brain. If the memory of how to write was in the part of the brain that was damaged he or she must relearn the skill.

Prognosis is good for full recovery as long as another stoke does not occur.

Be of Good cheer Gail. Your husband will relearn all those skills with the help of a skilled occupational therapist.

Gail, you and your husband are in my prayers. May God give both of you exactly what you need during this really tough time.

God Bless and keep you both,

Joel

Oh, Gail, I'm so sorry. Russ is too fit for that, being a Physical Education teacher and all. I pray that he has a speedy recovery and is able to be back to teaching soon.

Gail, I will pray for you and your husband. Keep your faith in God and He will see you through, whatever the outcome. I lost my wife three years ago the 21 of Sept. so I can empathize with you.

Gail;

I am shocked. I am praying for his fast recovery and for you to have time stand still long enough for you to catch your breath.

Yes, God is good! It could have been worse. I thank God for sparing Russ his life and giving you courage.

Love to you both.

Gail I just now found out about this. I'm sorry to hear about Russ' stroke. I can't imagine how scary something like that is. I pray he gets well fast and comes home soon, and NO repeats EVER.

You did NOT deserve this at all, and neither did he. I'm so sorry.

{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{Gail and Russ}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}

Dear one, prayers for your beloved are being sent! May the Lord's good will be done.

I just returned from retreat and received Stan's email. Gail, you have been so kind to me from the time I first joined CA. I'm so sorry to hear of your husband's illness. I am praying that his recovery proceeds rapidly to God's honor and glory.

Gail, our prayers are with you as well.

Continuing to pray for your husband and you Gail.

Thank you so much, everyone! :)

I've just returned from the hospital where he is settled nicely. Before I left he was complaining of the numbness extending up to his shoulder and his arm was getting worse, so they were going to round up something to give him.

I was just telling someone of Russ' frustration of having a leg and arm that just won't do what he wants them to. Walking is labourous but we are getting him up for short distances.

For an artist, having an bum arm (his good hand, too) is not fun at all. He does have an advantage in that 1) he is in pretty good physical condition, and 2) he was once a fitness instructor who worked with stroke victims so he knows what exercises are helpful. I don't think he will stay down for long

There has not been any history of stroke in any of his family. It came on suddenly but because he is trained in first aid he was able to recognize it almost immediately and we acted quickly

Thanks again! We appreciate all your well wishes!

Oh Gail, I am praying for a speedy recovery!

Gail,
We are praying for your husband and family. L M in Hazelton

I will keep you and your family in my prayers

Howdy Gail

I am sorry to hear about your husband. You are both in my prayers.

I also want to remind you to make sure you take breaks/get help for any care you need to do, because you need to remain as healthy as possible to handle this extra load.

Dear Gail,

I'm very sorry to hear what happened to your husband.

I'm praying for his full and rapid recovery and strength to you.

God will heal him and take care of things. I'm confident.

Love, Mark

THe lord is able to do exceedingly abundantly more than we can think or imagine. the lord is faithfull and miracles still happen as lord as he reigns as the lord.youa re in my prayers gail

THe lord is able to do exceedingly abundantly more than we can think or imagine. the lord is faithfull and miracles still happen as lord as he reigns as the lord.youa re in my prayers gail

Gail,

I do not know either of you, and I seldom get on Club Adventist, but something told me to get on and see what is happening. I am sorry about your husband, and I will pray for him and for you. Please be aware that God loves you and God can call anybody home at any time. I hope it is not his time, but every hair is numbered, and God only knows when our work on earth is done. I trust, as you must, that Gods will be done in each case. Bless you.

Gail I am sorry to hear of your husband's stroke. Keep your faith in Jesus and He will see you through all. I will be praying for the Lords will to be done in your life and the healing of your husband.

No worries because God is love!

I'm praying for a fast recovery....

Rob

Ah, I'm sorry... You and your husband will be in my prayers tonight. I hope he's OK.

Hello Gail: I'm a visitor to ClubAdventist but want to add my heartfelt prayers to everyone else's. We serve an awesome God and He will not let you down.

John 14:27
Peace I leave with you, my peace I give unto you: not as the world giveth, give I unto you. Let not your heart be troubled, neither let it be afraid.

Dorine

Gail,

You and Russ are in our prayers. I know how serious strokes CAN be and am so thankful Russ didn't suffer worse than he seems to have. And I'm thankful he was trained in recognizing the signs of a stroke early on so he could get medical treatment fast and prevent it from being worse.

Hang in there Gail and Russ...God loves you guys and so do we!!!

Blessings and prayers
Laura

I will pray for you and him.
-Baqiyyah

A lot of love for you and Russ being shown here.



We continue to keep you in our prayers.

Teresa and I will be praying for Russ. Is he in MSA?
Jonathan

Good to hear from you, Jonathan! Yes, he is in MSA, still in a bed in Emerg- Gail

Hi Gail, I am sorry about your husband I will pray for you and I will ask our women ministry to pray too. God has done many miracles through our ministry. But I just wanted to quote something I heard a pastor say once, "when ever you have a problem don't tell God how big is your problem, but instead tell your problem how big is your God" Amen!!!! We the women ministry of Ebenezer Spanish Church in Miami, Florida will pray for a speedy recovery of your husband have faith!!!!! Blessings. Carmen Lluberes

Wow- if miracles could happen by merit of the number of prayers only, Russ would have no option but spring back home!

You guys are all awesome!

The Lord be praised!

Well, I just got up and am heading back. Will check in later

Madeline and I are lifting you up in prayer

Praying for you from North Carolina OuterBanks...


olger

Prayers and good thoughts coming your way.

Brian and Jessica

Gail,

Prayers are being made in your behalf, and what a wonderful thing that we serve a powerful God who still can heal with a touch of His hand or give us strength to endure whatever trials come our way.

God bless,

Marc

I pray that your husband will get well soon. I am so sorry I know what you are going throw my dad had his in 1975 and passed away on after he turned 65. I miss him very much. God bless Sheila

Our Father,
Thank you for being a wonderful God in our life. Father, we are asking you to be with Gail's husband right now. He need you like never before. If you was here, you have healed him already. Please be with with him at his bedside. Touch him in a way that he will know that it is you. Father,please be with Gail because she is your faithful servant. She always do what u tell her to do. Bless the family father so that your Glory can come out of it
forgive us for our sins father.
We pray not because we are not worthy but in Jesus name.
AMEN

Love
Cherish

praying for your family

Gail, I'm praying for you and Russ. Sorry to hear the news.

Gail You will be in my thoughts and prayers. I hope that he will have a speed recovery. Hugs to you my friend.

Gail,
Just found this thread.....am so sorry to hear of Russ's stroke. Glad he got immediate care!! They do amazing things for speedy recovery for stroke victum these days as you have found out. I will be adding my prayers to all those in progress.

Love,
Morning Glory

Take cayenne pepper in capsules to improve circulation and speed up recovery.
Raul

Have put you on our pray list.

pkrause

Gail:

We'll lift you and your husband up in prayer. God is more powerful than the devil.

i will pray for you , Gail. God bless Jane from China

Bunnie and I are praying for your husband.....and you, too, Gail!

Ben

Bunnie and I are praying for your husband.....and you, too, Gail!

Ben

Gail ...

If the Lord brings us to it He will take us through it. Keep strong sister and keep trusting the Lord.

Gail,

Peace, comfort, and courage.

John

We pray for you, and for a speedy recovery.

One of our church members came home yesterday after a stroke, and two months of recovery in hospital and frail-care. She is talking and walking slowly again. We praise the Lord for grace and the recovery.

Blessings and courage and strength.

Pieter Bredenkamp
Somerset West, Sout Africa

Gail,

We don't understand why things occur the way they do.... now. I not only pray for you and your husband, for immediate strength and healing, but for patience, endurance and faith, as the big picture slowly unfolds.

May God keep you both propped-up though the support of family, satff and friends.

Les

As you know, I don't visit CA often, so I am just learning about the stroke. I join my prayers with all of your friends and family.

Gail & Russ -

My thoughts and prayers are with both of you...

The Lord's Hand is on you and he will take you through your troubles.

Your husband will get well and you will share this testimony to the whole world.

Believe, Have faith

My prayers are with you gail

steve

Gail,
I have just recieved the e-mail about your husband. I am so sorry to hear about his stroke. I will add you to my prayer list and to our church prayer chain. God is Great and he can do great things if we trust and believe that he can. He has blessed me many times over. I to have felt Satan's anger this summer. But hold fast in the power of God and he will bring you through any trial. God Bless and keep you all.

My prayers are with you and your family.

Dear Gail,
I know that, but for the grace of God, there go I. That may sound trite, but I would like you to think of the journey of Joseph, the one just one position under pharoah, when all his troubles were behind him he could say, "You meant it for evil, but God meant it for good".
And there is also the reality that God is sovereign. No harm is beyond His ability to use it for our good. I know you are already aware of that, but it sometimes is good to roll those promises over in your mind, just to remind God of His promises for us.(like He needs it) Then watch for the way He chooses to handle it.

And we know that God causes all things to work together for good to those who love God, to those who are called according to His purpose. Romans 8:28 NASB

Hello Gail,

What were the results of Russ' test yesterday?

Still praying.

Naomi

Gail, prayers and good thoughts going out for you and your hubby. Hang in there. How wonderful that he has you to be there for him. Know that many of us are lifting you both up in prayer.
Deb

Hi Gail, I have just checked my email and found this post ofyours concerning your husband. I am so sorry this had to happen. It must be ...I can't find the word, not good. Please tell your husband we are praying for his spirit, his health and that he willnot get discouraged. Likewise we will pray for you.

Take care and God bless you

In Christ Norman & Denise

Hi, my sister's husband is just now getting over heart surgery, my niece has a heart problem, my best friend had a five by pass surgery six months ago, heart and stroke problems are every where. I will keep you in my prayers. Love, your sister in Christ.

Update!

Can we all Praise the Lord for His goodness to men?

I brought Russ home from the hospital yesterday. The neurologist told him that the CT scan showed that he has a history of several older strokes that went undetected until now. He got some exercises to do and a couple weeks vacation from work.

Every day there is much improvement! Today I took him out for a walk just to determine what happens. He has to concentrate on exactly what he is doing or else his right side will either drag or trip on things. He is getting better at walking backwards and his balance is very much improved. I am so encouraged!

Re: his hand: I saw that he had written in his day planner, and that is something he couldn't do yesterday. When he lifts this arm it is not firm but floppy.

There is a slight droop in his face around the lip and jaw area. He has to be careful for choking when he eats because his tongue was affected. His tongue feels like there is a hair on it, bothering it, only there is no hair.

But he is making an amazing comeback! I would like everyone to be encouraged that your prayers have been answered so early!

Thank you all!!!

Hey there, Gail and Russ.

Hang in there!!! Strokes are no fun. Very scary. Do you know the cause of the stroke (clot or hemorrhage?) I imagine since it was not a severe stroke it was a clot. But, there is still the problem of the weakness and numbness. Russ is a strong dude emotionally and physically - he will recover as his brain re-wires itself with the physical therapy training. Both of you - patience and endurance will win this race. Russ, you have a great wife who stands by you!! Gail, you have a great hubby who needs all the support you can give. You two will face this together and conquer!!