After over two years of dating Bailey and her boy have broken up. Truthfully, he broke up with her. He has assured her that it is not because of the stroke but would anyone actually admit it if it were? It has to be very stressful for him either way. He is now "the boy who broke up with the girl who had a stroke." Not a winning situation for either of them.
She is devastated. She has been crying for two and a half days now and can't seem to eat a full meal. She won't go in her room because there are too many memories of him in there. "Everywhere I look it is something that he gave me or a memento of us together." It is heartbreaking to watch and I can't seem to say the right words to make her feel better so I texted her friend Lindsay to come over last night and try. Lindsay brought ice cream, support and alerted a couple of other friends to come over as well. Surrounded by her friends she laughed and cried and seemed like she would be OK.
The after effects of their visit were short lived. She went back to bed and crying the minute they left. Today she woke up and the right side of her face was showing a droop that we haven't seen since three days after she had the stroke. She is exhausted and stressed and this is how her body is dealing with it.
I tried to talk to her today about the break up and it seems to be that she is less stressed about being boyfriend-less and more stressed out about losing his family. She is close to them and is now convinced that she won't ever get to see them again. I have assured her that this is not true.
Fingers crossed that this passes soon.
Oh, noooo, Bailey, I'm so sorry. D: Feel better.
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