I’ve been asked several times now how I knew I was having a stroke and what it felt like. I think people are worried that they might have one themselves and wanted to know what it was like. I wish I had recognized it sooner but my brain was not working correctly at the time. I was in denial. My brain was working just fine, as far as I could tell.

Wednesday February 28, 2024. I woke up in bed alone. Mary was getting out of the hospital today and I would be picking her up and taking care of her — there are lots of reasons to be short of breath, and she found some.