I don’t know if you’ve realised but you have a new user of the month badge!! Well deserved and congratulations. It shows that carers are equally as important if not more so than us ‘moaning’ survivors - thanks for putting up with us.
My mum had her stroke last Thursday and it’s just been so surreal .
I want to wake up now to my mum’s phone call asking me where the hell I am cos I need to eat and she’s waiting me.
I took her for granted .
She bled on the right which means lost her left side and won’t know the extent of the brain damage until she wakes up .
Tomorrow they will try to take her off full sedation and see how she reacts.
Have faith and hope that your beloved mum did regain conscience and with time our mums will come back stronger .
Sorry if I’m not making sense as my senses all over the place
I hear you Lily. Guilt and ‘what ifs’ are terrible aren’t they?
I missed the nightly and morning texts when my Mum was poorly. In fact, I still sent texts to her even though I knew she couldn’t see them. I needed to continue to do it.
I know that lurch in the stomach when you first wake up and realise your reality. Waiting for the phone to ring. I’m so sorry.
But don’t give up hope. There are some unbelievable stories of recovery. If I’d known how good my mum would be now when I think back to her early days in hospital I would have said it was just not possible. Miracles happen.