In this powerful episode, Cindy and Marcus tell us how she died, came back after 20 minutes, and faced a new battle: surviving Washington’s system. Cindy is still regaining her speech, but she shares pieces of what she remembers — being found unresponsive, declared gone, and then miraculously revived. She describes waking up virtually paralyzed, able to tap Morse code or attempt sign language to show she was still in there… yet no one could understand her. Marcus speaks for much of the episode, giving the fuller picture — the fear of those early days, watching his wife trapped in her own body, and the overwhelming fight to get her proper care. He explains how doctors literally “washed” her brain, what recovery has looked like, and how broken Washington’s system felt from the moment they tried to bring her home. Marcus also shares what it was like becoming her full-time caretaker overnight — with no training, no education on how to care for someone in her condition, not even basic instruction on using equipment. Everything he learned, he had to figure out himself. Together, Cindy and Marcus end the episode with a direct and emotional message to Washington State’s healthcare system, calling out the failures, the lack of support, and the changes that absolutely need to happen. @Strokerecovery12 #podcast #stroke #recovery