J. McLaughlin, Carmel, CA sponsored Champion the Challenges for World Stroke Day—A big success.
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We co-chaired the Golf 4 Life event with PSA. It was a sold out event and a huge success at Los Lagos golf course, San Jose, CA. Click to see event highlights.
Champion the Challenges is hosted for a stroke awareness event at local retailer J. McLaughlin, Los Gatos, CA.
Deb was invited to provide a one hour educational session for the Mission Oaks Stroke Center therapists on Champion the Challenges, all the online booklets, and tools available for their stroke patients—a huge success!
A wonderful evening news story on the Foundation and Deb’s stroke experience, and technology insights. This news features helped boost the website visits and interest.
We were featured in the San Jose Mercury News and Los Gatos Weekly Times as a Foundation with a clear purpose of helping others and great interest in Deb’s VR Therapy
Our website championthechallenges.org was officially launched and we are focused on helping Stroke Survivors find that inner hero to Champion the Challenges of living a fulling life.
The COVID-19 mandate to “shelter in place” created the opportunity for me to spend time exploring my favorite hobby, watching hummingbirds at our feeders.
The booklets are complimentary and are filled with tips and ideas. Many have found them helpful during recovery and for each day of their life. We provide them to stroke survivors as they leave the hospital. Check out the booklets here
My mission is to provide stroke survivors, family and friends with inspiration, technology reviews and insights they will find useful. I looked everywhere and could not find what I am creating with my husband, Bob.
I miss seeing my therapists face-to-face. COVID has pushed us all to a new level, some good and some bad.
When I put on the headset, I disappear into a world that is all my own, and my brain really doesn’t know the difference between the real world and the virtual world.
Relaxing and enjoying the Christmas Holiday and New Year at home was just what the doctor ordered.
Driving a car is my next big goal, and my practice is driving Bob in a golf cart.
Our first ever cruise, and Bob and I needed a vacation. This was a great trip, and each day provided a new type of real-world therapy. The vacation included cobblestone streets, stepping onto moving canal boats and lengthy museum walks…
I was discharged from out-patient therapies, signed up for balance classes three times a week, and continued with home sessions.
The picture tells it all. I had my third stroke and this one was in the retina of my eye. I blacked out, fell and hit my head resulting in a concussion and ended up in the hospital for eight…
This year was just hard therapy work averaging four hours every day. It included a combination of all the areas covered earlier.
A fun Christmas at our home with my 92-year-old father-in-law, Dale, Bob’s brother Jeff and his wife Taylor. We played games, had good food, and celebrated family time together.