Stroke survivor raising awareness for Strides for Stroke Walk
After a stroke that changed his life forever, one man is trying to raise awareness by participating in the Strides for Stroke walk this weekend.
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After a stroke that changed his life forever, one man is trying to raise awareness by participating in the Strides for Stroke walk this weekend.
The lines are all memorized and the lighting and technical staging is in its final rehearsals. But when the audience starts filing into Illusion Theater this weekend they will experience a script that’s been five years in the making and written with real-life experience.
Created: May 13, 2021 04:17 PM Doctors told a local man who had a stroke that he could never walk again, but he had some help from his daughter to help prove them wrong. Lewis Bartelle, 43, had a life-changing stroke when he was just 35 years old and healthy. "Came out of nowhere," Bartelle said. "Just boom, right like that." Bartelle said he got his stroke after he took a shower to stop a slight headache he was receiving. Bartelle's daughter, ShayLee was who helped him to get medical attention. "I was just playing with my sister and he said my name, but it was mumbled a...