After Having a Debilitating Stroke at 26, This Mom Is Truly Living Life 'Unafraid'

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After Having a Debilitating Stroke at 26, This Mom Is Truly Living Life 'Unafraid'
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'Living unafraid and making the decision that I can do hard things has helped.'

After Katherine Wolf met her husband Jay at college in Alabama, they were looking forward to embarking on their life journey together. Eager to start off on the right foot, Jay enrolled in law school at Pepperdine University, and the pair moved across the country. Eventually the Wolfs welcomed a son, James, and for the first six months, Katherine was enjoying motherhood — until she had a massive stroke at age 26 that changed everything.

Katherine was unconscious for weeks. Meanwhile, Jay had to juggle studying for the finals and the bar exam, tending to an infant, and caring for his wife. Eventually, her condition began to improve. Slowly, Katherine began to recover. She went on to have 11 additional brain surgeries and mastered using a wheelchair. After seven years of treatment and physical therapy, her doctor gave her the OK to try for their second child. Jay and Katherine welcomed their son, John, in 2015. Of course, having two kids at home requires a ton of energy, but Katherine has made it work."John is crazy, making parenting in the wheelchair insane because he's so active and wild," she said.

"I'm severely disabled," explained Katherine."I cannot walk, I'm in a wheelchair, and I cannot drive a car. One of my hands doesn't work because I lost fine motor movement after my stroke, and I have a lot of significant health challenges. Because of that, my sons are just locked in to empathy and compassion in life. You can't really teach that stuff.

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