I want to take a moment for a small disclaimer.
Nine years ago, almost to the day, I had a stroke. I was 7 weeks and 5 days postpartum and had no other risk factors for a stroke. So guess what the doctors said? My stroke had to have been caused by the delivery almost 8 weeks previous. They had never heard of a postpartum stroke happening 8 weeks later, but there seemed to be no other reason. And you know doctors and science. Everything has to have a reason. It made a little bit of sense. Even though 8 weeks was a long time, it wasn't like it was a year later. The neurologist (I think) wanted to cover all his bases, so he strongly advised me not to have more children, because I could have another stroke, and it could be worse, and I could not recover, and then I'd have a toddler and a baby that I couldn't take care of properly. So we prayed (obviously) and talked with people and decided he probably knew what he was talking about. It only made sense to us to use the common sense God gave us not to risk my life and health ON PURPOSE. So we decided to make it medically impossible for me to have more children. Now if God saw fit to bless us with more arrows for our quiver, He would either override science (hasn't He done that a lot?) or open the door to adoption. Either way, we would know we weren't forcing anything, and all our children would be true miracles.
I want to take a moment for a small disclaimer.
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In 2006 I had a stroke, and every day my husband encourages me to use my remaining brain cells to the best of my ability. I love to organize, make crafts, and go on adventures (safe ones). I hope that through my blog posts, you will be encouraged to accept and make the best of challenges God throws at your life. Categories
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