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For those of you who don't know Sue, she has committed to being an elementary special needs teacher for over 20 years, although it's not just her job. She loves and cares for her students and works non stop to give them the greatest opportunity and space to grow into their best selves. She takes joy in her job and does so much for her students.
Recently Sue has had to take some time off of work to have bypass surgery. The surgery went well, her body was responding great... but the day after surgery she had a stroke.
Unfortunately, because it happened so quickly after the surgery, she wasn't able to have any clot busting medication for fear that her heart would start bleeding. So we just had to wait and hope for the best.
It was a fairly large MCA stroke on the left side, which means her right arm, right leg and speech were greatly affected. Luckily no other strokes followed, so after the initial damage, it didn't get worse.
However, it has been and still continues to be a long road to recovery. With the help of her speech, physical, and occupational therapists, she is continuing to improve. She can finally eat normal food again (swallowing was a task for a while), she is walking only with a slight limp, her right arm is still slowly recovering and she is learning to use her speech again.
Those of you who know Sue know that not being able to work and communicate with those she loves has been a huge strain on her. She misses her students tremendously and wants to get back to teaching as soon as possible. However, because of the stroke she has had to take much more time off than expected. This has been difficult for a number of reasons. Partially because she loves her job and her students tremendously, and partially because the bills are starting to stack up, and not being able to work means not having the same insurance to cover these medical bills.
Close friends and family of Sue know very well that she is extremely independent, and hates asking for help, especially if she feels it could put a burden on others. Knowing this, we are so extremely grateful for those of you who have already given your love and support to her and Jimmy during her recovery. And we are so thankful for those who helped get her daughter back up to Washington to be with her during the surgery, and again at Christmas. We truly cannot thank you enough.
Now we ask once again for your support. If you are able to, we ask that you help us take part of the financial strain off the recovery process, and let her focus on getting her body and speech back in gear so she can back to doing work she loves, and being with her students, who she misses terribly.
Again thank you for all of your love, support, prayers, and positive vibes.
Recently Sue has had to take some time off of work to have bypass surgery. The surgery went well, her body was responding great... but the day after surgery she had a stroke.
Unfortunately, because it happened so quickly after the surgery, she wasn't able to have any clot busting medication for fear that her heart would start bleeding. So we just had to wait and hope for the best.
It was a fairly large MCA stroke on the left side, which means her right arm, right leg and speech were greatly affected. Luckily no other strokes followed, so after the initial damage, it didn't get worse.
However, it has been and still continues to be a long road to recovery. With the help of her speech, physical, and occupational therapists, she is continuing to improve. She can finally eat normal food again (swallowing was a task for a while), she is walking only with a slight limp, her right arm is still slowly recovering and she is learning to use her speech again.
Those of you who know Sue know that not being able to work and communicate with those she loves has been a huge strain on her. She misses her students tremendously and wants to get back to teaching as soon as possible. However, because of the stroke she has had to take much more time off than expected. This has been difficult for a number of reasons. Partially because she loves her job and her students tremendously, and partially because the bills are starting to stack up, and not being able to work means not having the same insurance to cover these medical bills.
Close friends and family of Sue know very well that she is extremely independent, and hates asking for help, especially if she feels it could put a burden on others. Knowing this, we are so extremely grateful for those of you who have already given your love and support to her and Jimmy during her recovery. And we are so thankful for those who helped get her daughter back up to Washington to be with her during the surgery, and again at Christmas. We truly cannot thank you enough.
Now we ask once again for your support. If you are able to, we ask that you help us take part of the financial strain off the recovery process, and let her focus on getting her body and speech back in gear so she can back to doing work she loves, and being with her students, who she misses terribly.
Again thank you for all of your love, support, prayers, and positive vibes.