This blog was created to document our experience dealing with Bailey, our 16 year old daughter's stroke. Until September 15th, she was a perfectly healthy, active teenage girl. She is a junior in high school this year. She has a part time job, many friends and a busy social life. She is involved with the marching band, cross country skiing and the school theater group. Her class schedule reads like that of my nightmares - Honors classes, Advanced placement classes and even a "college in school" physics class. She has a smile that shows itself with the slightest of provocation. She is happy, easy going and a bit goofy. Generally, there was no reason to expect any health issues and definitely we would not ever have even thought a stroke was a possibility.

So, this is our story. I am hoping it will help others who experience this sort of misfortune to understand they are not alone. Maybe they are feeling the way we do and will take some comfort our story.

Sunday, October 31, 2010

Manic Monday

OK, so it is actually still Sunday but I can already see that tomorrow will be more of the same. Today we flipped and flopped back and forth between tears and laughter all day. It was "I am so scared to go back to school" and "I get to go trick or treating." ALL DAY LONG! She is so stressed out about school. I am trying to find ways to make it easier and also positive things to say to calm her nerves but I am not sure I am being very successful.

We will be going to school fully equipped with a digital recorder to make sure we don't miss anything. I also bought this software that transcribes your digital audio into text files for you. It seems to work pretty well with the samples I tried. We shall see how it goes once you add all the background noise of a busy high school!
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