I usually don't post about friends from my support group's children, but Melissa has just been so wonderful to me and we have been praying for each others kids for over a year. Melissa's daughter's name is Josie. Josie is 2 and was born with HLHS. She has just sailed through her three open heart surgeries and should be "set" as far as her heart goes for a long time! I found out this evening that she had a stroke while waiting to see a doctor this week. I am not sure what all this means as I have literally just learned about this a few minutes ago. I am going to post Melissa's carepage entry:
Please pray for Josie. Josie had not been feeling well this week so we made a doctor appointment for her Saturday morning. While waiting to go back to the exam room, Josie was sitting in a chair at a table and all of a sudden she slumped out of the chair and we could tell she wasn't right. She was rigid and her right side had gone limp. We yelled for help, went to one hospital wherre they took blood and ran a few tests and then ended up at our hospital, Hope Children's. After a MRI we found out that Josie had a small stroke. There are 2 kinds of strokes that occur - the first involved bleeding on the brain which is more serious - and the second, that not does not involve bleeding and was due to a small clot. Thankfully, Josie's stroke did not involve bleeding, but as of right now she can not walk, talk, or even sit up on her own. She is starting to show more movement on her right side, but she is scared, confused and I just want my baby back. I feel like someone has robbed me of my baby I want her back. I want to wake up from this awful nightmare. Right now the doctors are just monitoring her care - it's amazing that her heart function is doing good, they have no real concerns as of right now. The computers at the hospital just plain suck so I don't know when I will be able to update again. Josie can use all your prayers and positive thoughts right now. Andy and I can too. I am having a real difficult time dealing with this. I have sat through 3 of her open heart surgeries yet the past 24 hours have almost been just as difficult and painful. We will update when we have a chance.
Josie's carepage is JosieBall
I do not know anything about strokes or how serious they are or if it causes permant damage...but I'm sure they are all so scared. Please say some prayers for them tonight.
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