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Care
Partner of the Month Sherone
M. MayesChicago, IL The road this lady has chosen to travel may not be seem like the most convenient one, but she is a living testament that the greatest rewards are in giving, not receiving. We honor her loving spirit and beautiful sense of selflessness. Sherone says: "Although it has not been an easy task to care for a stroke survivor, I've found the strength in God. My thought has always been, "How do I want to be treated if something were to happen to me?". God has given me the gift of Compassion, therefore I use that gift every chance I get. That is why it has been easier for me to care for Andrew Williams, the step-grandfather of my 9-year old son. Andrew has been a stroke survivor for a little over 2 years now and I can remember the very first time I saw him after having the stroke. I visited him at the rehabilitation facility with his only daughter, who lives out of town. He was very glad to see both of us, he was able to talk and comprehend our conversations very well. He was beginning to feed him self soft foods only. He is a very independent person and was feeling quite spunky and really did not want us to do anything for him. When Andrew first came home the summer of 2004, his wife hired a caretaker to look after him 3 days a week while she went to work. Andrew was very angry and really did not want the lady to help him. He told us that he could do a better job watching his self than she could. This showed that he was in denial and thought the he could actually care for himself. The lady only stayed with him for 2 months before his wife let her go.
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