Strokecast

  World Stroke Day World Stroke day is October 29th. Are you planning to do something for it? Make sure everyone talk with knows how important it is to BE FAST.   Meet Whitney Morean Whitney Morean was a healthy, athletic 28 year-old in the summer of 2016. She voluntarily ran 5 miles a day. A bright student, she was excited to start graduate school that fall in clinical psychology. Then on August 23, 2016, she had a mysterious, hemorrhagic stroke in her right, parietal lobe that would stump neurologists. Grad school would have to wait. I met Whitney through the Seattle Young Adult Stroke Survivors group. Now, Whitney is back in grad school, pursuing a Masters in Rehab Psychology, to help other survivors get even more comprehensive care. We met up a few week's ago in Seattle's Wayward Coffeehouse. You can reach Whitney here. We covered quite a bit in this episode including some new-ish vocabulary. Whitney spent time in both acute and sub-acute facilities. Acute is an inpatient hospital setting. A sub-acute