<prompt> Human: My dad had a stroke out of nowhere today. I am still in shock and havent fully processed it. But I need to know what happens from here. He was our main source of income. What the hell do we do know? I hope this is the correct sub, because I need a guide right now .Edit: Thank You.Assistant: My gpa had a horrible stroke in 2002 and it was devastating.What was affected? Usually its either speech or motionHuman: As of right now the right side might as well be useless. He has a stutter now.  <response>: Something very similar happened to my family on June 16th of last year. 2 Months after his stroke my dad finally bent his right leg, semi accidentally but we all freaked out and really started pushing therapy and rehab so much harder. His right arm sadly may not work again but my dad can independently walk around the house, use the bathroom, even shower alone he uses a bath chair but who cares All Im trying to say is, Im the eldest son and my mom was a wreck. This isnt an awesome situation but your dad needs you right now and a stroke is the weirdest god damn thing you just need to attack it with heaps of motivation for your dad and aggressively do physical occupational speech therapy EVERY week. Always push for more, if the hospital is anything like ours they may try to cut corners. Demand more therapy. The first year is the main progress he will make outside of physical therapy. I wish you guys luck. 