@ManjiB , too true. Sadly recovery is marathon not a sprint, no matter the type of stroke.
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Thanks for all the responses everyone! Some more tiny bit of info to fill in. She had an ischemic stroke. Also I’m in the us lol we don’t have any of these forums for people in the states. She’s in a minimal rehab facility right now since she can’t handle much. I live pretty far away from her (9hours) so I’m trying to travel back and forth as often as i can with two school age kids of my own but her sisters (she’s got seven of them) and my brothers have been trying to do small things with her. We’re basically just doing comfort care and treating small things like edema in her left arm for disuse. We’re massaging it and trying small movement things to keep her joints from freezing up. She’s still pretty angry but I’m trying to get her out of the facility she’s in now and in a better one where i know some of the nurses aides and know she’ll be given a little more grace. Today she lost it on her nurse when doing hygiene care but also showed remorse after and apologized and explained why she was upset so small wins!!
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@mrgnflynn , nice one. Thank heavens for small mercies.
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Cognition was like a light switched on for me. It happened about 18 months after my stroke, and it literally switched itself back on 
I was in a car showroom with my hubby at the time, and could suddenly become very engaged in the purchase of our new car. Up until then I was merely along for the ride and a change of scenery 
My hubby noticed this sudden change in me and started taking more of a back seat in the actual purchase of it, but because of my aphasia, affecting my reading ability as well as speech, he couldn’t bow out completely 
But it certainly made our day, month, year 
Lorraine
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@EmeraldEyes , there you go. another step in the right direction.
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