Thursday, March 1, 2012

Stroke

Yesterday I discussed Woodrow Wilson and how his stroke affected the vote on the Treaty of Versailles. I realized that they were as familiar with the horrors of a stroke as my generation was with polio. Not that there are no more strokes but that treatment has advanced so far. In Wilson's day, it was amazing he lasted four more years. When my father had a stroke 27 years ago, the fact that he lived for another ten years was par. Now people have strokes and are back to work in a matter of days. Amazing.

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