Sitting by my father’s hospital bed that night, the only thing I could think of was, what could have gone wrong? He was perfectly healthy and happy and then one day he woke up and nothing was the same. My mom, sister, and I were all waiting anxiously for the doctor to return with the results. He finally came back but the look of sympathy on his face made my heart sink. As he goes through all the tests and their results, the ER doctor finally says that my father had a mild stroke. At that moment, my whole world came crashing down. The doctor informed us that the stroke had affected a large portion of the left side of his brain. Due to this, he would not be able to speak coherently. Naturally, my father needed to stay in the hospital and go
