PLEASE READ THIS!!

[wineguruchgo]

A few months back I posted a post on recognizing a stroke. I'm hoping that many or all of you read it. It simply said if someone starts stumbling, can't smile or raise their arms it is a sign of a stroke.


Well, I stopped into my family's restaurant and Richard (the sous chef) said that Anthony was acting funny. If you remember Anthony is battling cancer right now and I asked for prayers for him a while ago.

I cautiously approached him and asked him to talk to me. He was wild eyed. I truthfully thought he was going to hit me!

I asked him to speak, smile, move his arms, etc... and he did nothing. Just sat there with this wild look on his face.

I explained to him that if he couldn't speak to me that I was going to call an ambulance. I was hoping for an objection.

I called 911 and told them that I wasn't sure if it was a stroke but I was sure it was neurologic. He was conscious, breathing, etc...but was unresponsive.

Well our fears have been realized when he was, in fact, diagnosted with a stroke shortly after arriving at the hospital.

Unfortunately they had him on blood thinners because he developed a clot in his neck and one of the "remote" side effects is a stroke. Now they cannot operate because his blood is too thin and they are afraid that he will bleed out.

Please send all prayers up to God for Anthony. He's a young man that certainly doesn't deserve this.