Thank you so much for posting this. I am new to this site. I suffered a ruptured aneurysm in November and had brain surgery. I try every day to stay positive while I am recovering. Some days are just so much harder than others. I printed this out already and will post this on my refridgerator too.

I am brand new to this site. My husband suffered a ruptured aneurysm back in Jan of this year. He was in a coma for three months and was recently transferred from long term acute care to a rehab hospital. He's still on a gastric tube but can tolerate puddings and jello. He still sleeps a lot and I'm scared because here where we live there are no support groups. The closest one is two hours away.

My husband has movement of his left and right hand and very limited movement of his legs. He requires help for most of his daily functions. In rehab all they do is stretching with hopes of him tolerating more.

The rehab doctor tells me he doesn't think he'll progress anymore than he has now. I have no faith in any of the doctors here because if I had listened to them in the beginning, my husband would be dead and buried. The neurosurgeon didn't even want to do surgery to stop the bleeding because as she put ii "he's 53 yrs old and I don't operate on anyone over 50 because they don't survive". I've had to fight every day with doctors and the insurance companies because no one wants to give him a chance.

I have no clue what to expect and need help understanding what's happening. I have a very strong faith and it's gotten us this far. I know God has been with us since that fateful day back in January and pray that my husband can come back home.

Absolutely beautiful!!!! Thank you! I needed this!

Thank you so much for this. I copied this to MS Word and am going to print it out when I get some more ink for my mom, her therapists, and her doctors. She had an aneurysm on 6/9/16. Our local hospital doesn't have neurological facilities so she was transferred to our closest Level 1 trauma center, which is about an hour away. She had emergency brain surgery to put an external drain in, then they coiled the aneurysm. One ICU stay, one setback, another ICU stay, then finally 2 nights in a step-down unit, she was transferred to a rehab facility in out home town on 6/28. She still wants to sleep a lot but she is easily roused at mealtimes and when it is time for therapy, unless she has had a horrible headache and has had to have a pain pill. I know it will be a long road ahead of us, but this letter reminded me why it will be.

Hello Eva I just saw this and will use it for support and as a reminder as well - I had a ruptured brain aneurysm May 9 2012 - I am recovering from emergency surgery that followed and have another surgery to replace the bone flap and angiogram in July. This was all very sudden and I am only now beginning to come to terms with what happened and where and how to go from here. Also so tired - Trying to stay positive too - this site and others like you are a way to find support and stay positive thank you for writing. Briar