Mike Porter, AKA "Mikey 98118" suffered a stroke a couple days ago. His wife Kathy got in touch with me to let me know by picking contacts from his computer.

She Emailed me this morning and he's doing pretty well, a little loss of coordination in the fingers of his right hand and his right eye is bleary as well. It's going to be a while before we hear from him again but his doctors say his prognosis is good for a full recovery. It'll be a while, he has to learn to speak, and such but it should go well.

Prayers on his and Kathy's behalf would be a good thing. Kathy is just learning about what she needs to know, so she can learn to DO it.

Frosty The Lucky.

Knee mail sent

Mikey and Kathy are on the list.

A prayer for a good cause!  my thoughts are with the both of you.

Ps. Mikey in some things it's best NOT to copy the behavior of others.  I hope you start recovery as quickly and painlessly as Mine.

Thoughts are with them. 

Thoughts and prayers

Mikey  & Kathy, You are in our list of prayers and intentions. Especially this Easter Evening Vigil night tonight. Take care & hang in there.   SLAG & Marg.

Our thoughts and prayers are with you.

At This Easter time all our Prayers and very best wishes to Mikey & Kathy.  Kathy take care of yourself as well.

I just got an email from Kathy and Mike's doing pretty well. He's on his feet enough to do some light house chores. He can spend a little time on the computer before he gets a beginning headache and can watch a little TV before he needs a break. This is much farther faster than I managed, it was 6-7 weeks before I could figure out the remote control.

The speed he's coming along is strong testament to fast reactions by 1st. responders and modern medicine. Keep up the prayers though gang they help, LOTS.

Ian, NO more trend setting for YOU! How are you dong brother?

Frosty The Lucky.

 

good to hear he got quick attention with it and is recovering well so far Frosty. Prayers and thoughts still there.Still with Ian as well as anyone else going through hardship.

Amen, brother Ian!

Jerry, denting your boilerplate head and having a CVA are a bit different...

Kathy, a bent knee for you dear lady as it's harder to see a loved one struggle than it is to suffer yourself.

Mike, stop making Kathy mad or she will hit you again!

I know they're different Charles but the affects can be very similar. The impact caused an intercerebral bleed so there wasn't much they could do but put me in a medically induced coma and keep their fingers crossed. No way to drain the blood without slicing into my brain. I haven't asked Kathy if Mike had a dry or wet stroke, there's a lot more difference between wet and dry than a burst aneurysm and what happened to me.

A lot of the damage can be very similar if the causes are different. I did WAY too much reading about the things than I can remember trying to get a handle on coping techniques and skills.

Frosty The Lucky.

True enugh, tho short of a ruptured aneurism modern medicine dose a pretty fair job of minimizing the damage courses by strokes, seams to be stroke week, my knees are getting sore, 3 folks I know close to moms plus Mike and Ian. 

Certainly glad you had a thick skul tho, and Ian is on the mend, would mis you two, and Mike has more than grown on me, tho he doesn't seem to be contakerus enugh yet

Thoughts sent to Mike and Kathy, and good to hear Ian is doing well too.

Prayers all around but Mikey and Ian this is really taking competitiveness too far!  

How are you doing Spanky?

I'm doing well, Notown, thanks for asking.  I have my first follow up on Wednesday, X-rays to make sure all the parts are where they should be, then back to work Thursday.

But seriously let's not have all the IFI'ers competing to get on the prayer list now!!!!  This has been an insane run of bad breaks for IFI folks.   

To Mike and all of your competitors - enough already!

Prayers for you, your family, and of all who are currently recoverng,

Robert and Sheila Taylor

I got an Email from MIke yesterday. It was short but it was from him personally. His spirits are up, he used the 5 words he was able to type to make a little joke. Very heartening.

Frosty The Lucky.

good to hear. prayers still  being sent

Yeah he's never far from my thoughts. He'll be on my prayer list for some time. He and Ian are sort of a twofer right now with a no more please chaser.

Frosty The Lucky.

My thoughts and my wish for strength and luck for Mike and Kathy.

Jokes are good, as they say Laughter is the Best Medicine.  Prayers still on the way to M & K.

Spanky, how did your checkup come out, get your parole from the house.?

Full release back to society, for better or worse, no physical restrictions except he said for 6-12 months I really shouldn't get in a car wreck or fall on my head (until the new bone fully fuses).  I will studiously try to avoid both!

Glad to hear Mikey and Ian updates.  We all take our health for granted, don't we, until one of our parts malfunctions.