Subtitle should have been: 'Doctors failed at laying out a 100% recovery plan and got lucky on his recovery.' Miracles should never have to occur in stroke. You have laid out for you by your doctors and therapists EXACT PROTOCOLS leading to your recovery.
Home for Christmas: Doctors call pastor's stroke recovery a miracle
In addition to his hard work in rehab, doctors said it was crucial that he recognized he was having a stroke and got emergency help.
A local pastor feared he'd never preach again after a massive stroke left him paralyzed.
But, one month later, his doctors at Saint Luke's Rehabilitation Institute are calling him a miracle.
It's a season to celebrate — 71-year-old Chuck Greever will be home for Christmas.
The pastor from Chillicothe, Missouri, said his world was turned upside down by a stroke just two days before Thanksgiving.
"I was very incapacitated," he said, "And I wasn't sure I was going to be able to talk again and move around at all. So I wasn't too sure what was coming."
At nearby Hedrick Medical Center, he immediately got a clot-busting drug.
Then came time for recovery.
For three weeks Greever has been at Saint Luke's Rehabilitation Institute in Overland Park, Kansas where he's amazed everyone — including his wife.
"When the doctors come in and say, 'You know, this has been a miraculous recovery,' I can agree. Totally," Connie Greever said.
Doctors say his positive attitude made a difference.
"You walk in his room and you think, 'This man has had a stroke. He's been through so much at Christmas time.' And then you walk out with a huge smile on your face," Lee said.
In addition to his hard work in rehab, doctors said it was crucial that he recognized he was having a stroke and got emergency help.
Greever said his face drooped and he had trouble swallowing.
Other signs of a stroke include weakness or tingling on one side of your body, double vision or loss of vision in one eye, or loss of balance. If you see these signs, you're urged to call 911 right away.
"They thought that I could be rehabbed, and I was going to do whatever it took, you know, whatever he asked me to do, I was going to do more," Greever said. "And that's just the attitude I had, and it worked out well."
Greever is thrilled to be going home for Christmas. He's promising his doctors and therapists that the next time they see him, he'll be walking on his own.
He has a message to others, "Have faith," he said. "Just hold on, and do the work, and hope for the best."
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