I got the call 1 day after we had been with my parents over the 4th of July weekend…..

My parents live on my sister Amy’s property and we had just been there over the 4th of July weekend helping them get some projects done on their new house. They had recently moved to my (quadriplegic) sister Amy’s and husband Kevin’s house to be a support and encouragement to them in anyway they could. Amy called me late at night and began to
sadly explain that my Daddy had called down to their house in a panic saying, “Mommy’s having a stroke! Mommy’s having a stroke!” My Mom had all of the sudden slumped over to my Dad and her left arm had begun to violently shake. He knew something was desperately wrong and he immediately called 9-1-1. Once at the hospital, they determined that my mom had suffered a massive aneurysm. The prognosis did not look good and my parents’ Pastor was called in so that my Dad would not be alone during a time we thought we would lose her. No one in WV would attempt surgery on my Mom, but a surgeon in Ohio said he would. So, she was painstakingly transferred and they put a drainage port in her head to start to drain the blood. The next afternoon, they did surgery to seal off the point of her aneurysm.

The next few weeks were heartbreaking as we watched my Mom go through SO much grueling recovery at the ICU of the hospital and now at a therapy hospital. My sisters and I, (along with my aunts and some close friends) all took turns at being at the hospital with my parents. It has not been easy for my sweet Dad and he has been at my Mom’s side nearly every day. With such a bad brain bleed at my mom’s age, it is going to take awhile to tell what the full extent of the damage will be. She remembers all of our names and lots of details of life, but she still requires full care and struggles with the simplest daily functions. They say that six months will tell a LOT of how well she will recover. Please pray with us that she will have a FULL recovery!

Due to all of this, my Daddy has had to quit his job to become my Mom’s full time care giver. My Mom is scheduled to go home on August 31st. In all honesty, my parents were not quite at a point financially where my Dad was able to retire, yet he is forced into retirement (which he is gladly doing for the sake of my precious mom). So much money has been spent on co-pays, traveling back and forth, gas, etc.

With that said, we set up a Go Fund Me account to help my parents. If you have not yet heard of this trial and would feel the Lord impressing on you to give to help them through this difficult time, we would be so grateful. The link is here – https://gofund.me/2030f572

You can follow the entire story / journey in detail on our FB page – David Jill Noyes Rodrigues or on my Dad’s FB page at – Timothy Noyes.

Our faith is (as always) what has pulled us through such a difficult, heart-wrenching and sorrowful time. Yet, we are SO grateful that my sweet Mom is still with us. She is such a kind and courteous patient to all of the nurses here at the hospital. We all love her SO much!!

We will leave you all with these verses. II Timothy 1:12 ” “For the which cause I also suffer these things: nevertheless I am not ashamed: for I know whom I have believed, and am persuaded that he is able to keep that which I have committed unto him against that day.”
II Corinthians 12:9 ” And he said unto me, My grace is sufficient for thee: for my strength is made perfect in weakness. Most gladly therefore will I rather glory in my infirmities, that the power of Christ may rest upon me. “

God bless you all and thank you for caring about our lives. We love you all.
-Jill Rodrigues for us all

Pictures after the aneurysm……