Posts under ‘Uncategorized’

Josh and Joey have something very unique in common and can relate to each other in ways not many people can at their age. Both boys suffered a massive stroke at the age of 16 and saw their lives changed instantly. We met Joey Vitulli and his family Michelle, David, Nick, and Alexis at their [...]

 
Tuesday March 2 was a big night for Josh. This was his first live Lakers game at Staples Center. If you’ve followed his story, you may recall his first word after having a stroke was “Lakers” which describe how important this team is to him. The night before the game he could hardly sleep. He [...]

As the story broke in the newspaper Tuesday, Josh awoke that morning hearing his story was out in print. We stopped at the store on the way to school, picked up several copies and began reading the headline article. I asked Josh what he thought of the story. He returned a big smile on his face [...]

Josh Gray suffered a stroke last June that caved in half his face, left the right side of his body paralyzed and silenced his speech. During tests, doctors discovered two holes in his heart….

 

 Comeback Kid [6:47m]: Play Now | Play in Popup

Josh’s high school basketball team played their last game of the season. Unfortunately the season ended with a loss in the CIF playoffs. Essentially it was Josh’s last game of his high school career as a player. I asked him what it felt like when he realized this was his last game. He said “It [...]

This is very exciting news! Today Josh met with a reporter from Press-Enterprise newspaper for his story. They got wind of Josh’s story from the folks at Casa Colina as a wonderful human interest story. The reporter asked questions of Josh, Dad, and Mom regarding the history of Josh’s injury and the success of his recovery. [...]

Goals played a very important role in Josh’s rehabilitation. I say this because Josh has proudly reached each goal we’ve set throughout this journey. We started with goals that would be obvious to notice when it was reached. Such as, moving out of the ICU at CHOC hospital to a regular room on a lower floor. [...]

It’s birthday time! Joshua turned 17 on September 2. What a time to celebrate this kid’s life. To ring in the special occasion and considering all that happened this summer, we took on the trills of Magic Mountain. For the first time Josh, Dad, Nathan, Taylor, and some new friends spent the day at the [...]

Joshua continues his triumphant recovery. He endures a busy day starting with school. Kids began the school year this month in our area and so did Josh. Through a program called Home Hospital, our school district arranged for a teacher to come to the house and instruct Josh on his subjects. This has been a [...]

There is so much to be updated and I promise within the next couple of days to try to gather my notes and thoughts and get it all down so everyone can be caught up. But in the meantime this is a call out for any other help and support that can be given to [...]