He's recovering

We were both so happy that Dennis felt up to going back to church today. 

Two Sundays he missed because of his stroke 20 days ago. 

We figure it's probably the most he's missed church in a row 

since he joined back in 1969.

Even when he had that bad staph infection in his elbow back in 

2000, and he was going to the hospital almost daily for about a 

month or two...he didn't miss church. 

He showed up every Sunday even with that pic line of antibiotics going into his heart. 

He loves church so much. And the people there.

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We were told repeatedly at the hospital, and many times since then by his Dr, that if any stroke symptoms appear (in him or anyone else!) we are not to wait at all, but to call 911.  

It's all in the timing. 

We were hoping that Den got his tPA shot within a 3 hour block of time. I know it was progressively getting worse, until after the shot, and then he seemed to stabilize. 

They asked me right away at the hospital, when this all started. 

I didn't know, so I just guessed "about 9:30."

I remember when I said that time, the Dr and nurse standing by looked concerned but didn't say anything. They were probably concerned that too much time had passed.

But 4 days later when we got home and I was going through the sack of clothes Den had on that first day...I found this in his shirt pocket.

Den had gone to Sprouts right before Vons (where he had the stroke)...so according to the time on the receipt, this would put him at Vons right about 11 am. Not 9:30 like I had thought.

This really helped our 3 hour window of time for his tPA shot, which we were told saved his life.