{"id":6021,"date":"2016-07-12T07:23:58","date_gmt":"2016-07-12T11:23:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/medisafeapp.wpengine.com\/learning-how-to-talk-again-charles-shares-his-inspiring-story\/"},"modified":"2016-07-12T07:23:58","modified_gmt":"2016-07-12T11:23:58","slug":"learning-how-to-talk-again-charles-shares-his-inspiring-story","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/medisafeapp.com\/de\/learning-how-to-talk-again-charles-shares-his-inspiring-story\/","title":{"rendered":"Learning How To Talk Again: Charles Shares his Inspiring Story"},"content":{"rendered":"

Our inspiring user, Charles, shares his Medisafe story:\u00a0<\/strong>
\nIn July 2014, I was having two back surgeries to fuse two vertebrae in my spine. I took a medical leave and planned on being back at work within three weeks. I would not be home for seven months, four of which I have no memory of.<\/span><\/p>\n

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A third back surgery had to be performed. That\u2019s when things took a turn for the worst. I developed pneumonia that was so bad that they put me on a ventilator. When you\u2019re on a ventilator, you\u2019re at risk for blood clots. So they started heparin therapy. Heparin is a blood thinner unless you\u2019re one of the .04% of people that are highly allergic to it. Then it does the opposite. It rapidly clots your blood. In my case, it caused a massive hemorrhagic stroke. During this time, my wife said I had dozens of seizures. I had never had a seizure before. It was a cascading series of really bad events. By the time I got discharged from the hospital, I was on a feeding tube and lost 50 pounds.<\/span>
\nI was at my first rehab for five weeks. I had to learn how to walk, talk, and take care of myself. That\u2019s when I could say I was conscious of my surroundings. I graduated from my wheelchair to a walker, and became aware that I had seven children and two foster children.<\/span><\/p>\n

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#Inspiring: After dozens of seizures, Charles had to learn how to walk & talk all over again<\/p>\n

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