We are looking to "upgrade" too. A former co-worker and good friend of mine started his own business an had been handling this for us. We were re-designing the site around this time last year and he had a debilitating stroke on Halloween last year. 37 years old, 3 year old daughter and the "face" of his company. He's currently in FL at an intensive Aphasia rehab facility to try to regain better speech and communication.
Aphasia is an impairment of language, affecting the production or comprehension of speech and the ability to read or write. Aphasia is always due to injury to
the brain-most commonly from a stroke, particularly in older individuals. But brain injuries resulting in aphasia may also arise
from head trauma, from brain tumors, or from infections.
Aphasia can be so severe as to make communication with the patient almost impossible, or it can be very mild. It may affect mainly a single
aspect of language use, such as the ability to retrieve the names of objects, or the ability to put words together into sentences, or the
ability to read. More commonly, however, multiple aspects of communication are impaired, while some channels remain accessible for a limited
exchange of information. It is the job of the professional to determine the amount
of function available in each of the channels for the comprehension of language, and to assess the possibility that
treatment might enhance the use of the channels that are available.
Devastating to have a mind that works and a body that won't cooperate, especially at such a young age.
All you O/Os out there....make sure you have disability insurance. And get it for your spouse too if they are the ones booking appointments, answering the phones etc. Many people don't think about having it if they aren't in a "physical" job. (I won't get hurt sitting at my desk or behind a computer, nothing to stop me from dong my job mentality). Imagine doing your job with out sight....hearing...the ability to verbally communicate or with out use of a hand....
He had no disability insurance.....so you can imagine what it's been like.
