I feel fine, I feel normal. Then, I feel numb and weak. I feel panic and confusion Sleeping alone in my bed for three days Unable to process life, unable to stay awake Fighting to even gather my thoughts.
Knowing I need help but not knowing how to get it. I have forgotten "911" I have forgotten my brother and my friends. I have forgotten how to use a phone. I try to drink water, but that falls out of my mouth I can barely move myself around the house.
Then a knock at the door. My friend! I know I should know him. He knows me, but I don't know him. He asks me how I am My reply is only a moan and random sounds.
He carries me to my truck He carries me to the ER I am only 19, who would have ever thought. The doctor comes in and simply tells me I have had a stroke.