On Thursday morning at around 12:30 AM, David began to get agitated and uncomfortable in bed, and got up to go to the bathroom. On his way, he listed to the right, and I got up to help him. He said he was OK, but I followed him to the bathroom, and when he tried to sit, he began to fall and I caught him. We then went back to bed, and he seemed groggy, but said he was OK. He then started to toss and turn, and I asked if he was OK, and he was only saying “fine”, but nothing else, so I got up and turned the light on, and while he kept saying he was fine, I could see he wasn’t, so I called 911, told them I thought my husband was having a stroke. Then waited for the emergency squad to arrive. It was about 15 minutes, but felt like days. When they arrived, and after I told them that he couldn’t speak, he started talking to them. Needless to say, I was a bit insulted and puzzled by his sudden alertness.
We got him downstairs and onto the gurney and into the ambulance. By this time it had started to drizzle. I followed the flashing red lights all the way to Bennington. I met them in the ER and they had already put in one IV and were prepping for a second. Almost immediately they said he was having a stroke, but needed to find out if it was Hemorrhagic or Ischemic. He went into get a cat scan to see if there was bleeding, and there wasn’t. They said that it would be good to start with tPA treatment because we were still within the three hour recommended time limit. At the same time, they were arranging to have him transferred to Albany Medical Center. Initially they tried to have him flown by helicopter, but because of the weather disturbances, they weren’t flying. After the tPA started, another ambulance arrived to take us to Albany. It was quite a ride at almost 4:00 AM, and the roads were deserted. We got to Albany and they were waiting for him. Another CAT scan, and if he could speak, lots of Doctors asking what day is it? Where are you? Who’s the president? Lift you arm. Wiggle your toes. He had deteriorated, and couldn’t move his right arm or leg, and could only say yes or no, but he was aware of the questions.
They found that the blockage was in his left carotid artery and the neurosurgeons met to discuss the options. The two options were to do nothing and wait, or to go in and try to remove the blockage. They said that there was a 10% chance of the second option working, but it was worth the risk, and if it didn’t work, we were back where we began. The surgeon said that the procedure would take anywhere from an hour to six, depending on what worked. They would begin by trying to suck it out, then use a sort of corkscrew devise to remove it, and if neither of those worked, they would use a balloon to open up the artery.  The final attempt would be to put a stent in place.  I called our friend Lynn who I thought would help me make sure I asked all the right questions.  So, I talked to David about the options, and he agreed that we should go ahead with the procedure.

After he went into the operating room, I called Joy to come and help me out and keep me company, let Alex know and called my Dad.  He went into the operating room a little before 7am.  By 10am Joy and my niece Brianna were at the hospital to keep me occupied, which was a Godsend!  He was in the operating room for a little more than six hours, which was making me very nervous.  Dr. Dalfino came out and told us that they ended up putting in the stent in his carotid artery, and use the balloon treatment for a vessel in his brain.  He said that he would have liked to have seen more blood flowing, but was glad that it was flowing.  He said that the next 24 hours the main focus was to keep David alive, which was like a knife in my heart.  He also took me, Joy and Brianna to see him in the operating room before they took him to recovery just to say hello, which was great for him and for us.
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