{"id":76738,"date":"2024-07-05T08:54:08","date_gmt":"2024-07-05T14:54:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.uchealth.org\/today\/?p=76738"},"modified":"2025-12-31T08:21:38","modified_gmt":"2025-12-31T15:21:38","slug":"young-hockey-player-grapples-with-a-strokes-aftermath","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.uchealth.org\/today\/young-hockey-player-grapples-with-a-strokes-aftermath\/","title":{"rendered":"Where to go from here: Young hockey player grapples with a stroke\u2019s aftermath"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;\" class=\"sharethis-inline-share-buttons\" ><\/div><figure id=\"attachment_76751\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-76751\" style=\"width: 640px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-76751\" src=\"https:\/\/uchealth-wp-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2024\/07\/03102244\/JT6_9809-Arden-goalie-uchealth-web.webp\" alt=\"Arden Bring's enthusiasm for hockey faced serious challenges when he had a stroke before the age of 30. Photo by UCHealth.\" width=\"640\" height=\"445\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-76751\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Arden Bring&#8217;s enthusiasm for hockey faced serious challenges when he had a stroke before the age of 30. Photo by UCHealth.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">As Arden Bring sat in his hospital room, he cracked jokes to his parents, deflecting the anxiety building up inside of him.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cPanic set in that I might not see normal ever again, and what that means to play hockey with only one eye,\u201d he said.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Bring\u2019s hockey journey spans two decades, starting from street games and eventually transitioning to the ice, where he discovered his talent as a goalie. He plays in leagues twice a week at EPIC ice rinks in Fort Collins, Colorado.<\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_76753\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-76753\" style=\"width: 640px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-76753\" src=\"https:\/\/uchealth-wp-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2024\/07\/03102817\/arden-hockey-web-e1720190623330.webp\" alt=\"Arden Bring has been playing hockey for almost two decades. Photo courtesy of Arden Bring.\" width=\"640\" height=\"426\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-76753\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Arden Bring has been playing hockey for almost two decades. Photo courtesy of Arden Bring.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cIt gives me the chance to be a difference-maker and central to the game,\u201d he said. \u201cGoalie is an athletic position needing quick reflexes and acrobatics. Depending on how you\u2019re seeing the puck and able to move, you can really impact the game. They can\u2019t win if they can\u2019t score.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">About a month before his 30<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">th<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> birthday, Bring landed in the hospital after suffering a stroke. In the blink of an eye, his time on the ice \u2013 and much more \u2013 was in jeopardy.<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"su-youtube su-u-responsive-media-yes\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"400\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/B0a01VgIsy8?mute=1\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen allow=\"autoplay; encrypted-media; picture-in-picture\" title=\"Push on &#039;Til the Day | Arden Bing | Harry Mack x UCHealth | Ep. 039\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<h2><b>The importance of recognizing the signs of a stroke \u2013 at any age<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">On April 10, 2023, Bring woke with a piercing headache. He reached for his phone and texted his then-girlfriend: \u201cMy head.\u2019\u2019<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cI think I was going to ask for help, but I fell asleep or passed out. I really don\u2019t know,\u201d he said.<\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_76752\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-76752\" style=\"width: 400px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-76752\" src=\"https:\/\/uchealth-wp-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2024\/07\/03102737\/arden-guitar-web.webp\" alt=\"Arden Bring. Photo courtesy of Arden Bring.\" width=\"400\" height=\"599\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-76752\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Arden Bring. Photo courtesy of Arden Bring.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">When 5 p.m. rolled around and Bring was still not out of bed, his girlfriend grew concerned. Bring had been out in the hot sun golfing the day before, and the night before that, they had stayed out late after a concert. But even if he had decided to catch up on his sleep, she knew he should be getting up by now to prepare for his hockey game. As goalie, his team would have to forfeit if he didn\u2019t play.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cWhen she woke me up, I tried to talk to her, and everything was slurry,\u201d Bring said. His girlfriend was immediately concerned and demanded he go to the hospital.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cI told her no. I needed to get ready for hockey. But as I walked to the bathroom, I walked into every door,&#8221; he said. &#8220;Then I looked at my eyes and realized they weren&#8217;t pointing straight. I couldn&#8217;t see. I had double vision. I thought, \u2018OK, we need to go to the hospital.\u2019\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Bring\u2019s double vision and imbalance were tell-tale signs of a stroke. But a stroke in an athletic young man? In fact, the number of strokes in people ages 18 to 45 has been <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.uchealth.org\/today\/why-are-strokes-in-young-people-occurring-more-often\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">growing at a faster rate<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> nationally than any other age group for the past few decades.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cIt isn\u2019t something that only happens to older folks \u2013 a stroke can happen at any age,\u201d Bring said. \u201cIt\u2019s important to recognize symptoms.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>When a stroke happens<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">A stroke is a &#8220;brain attack&#8221; in which blood supply is lost to areas of the brain responsible for critical functions, including speech, balance and vision. Strokes are caused by a blood clot in a blood vessel or bleeding in or around the brain.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Some <a id=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.stroke.org\/en\/about-stroke\/types-of-stroke\/ischemic-stroke-clots\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">87% of strokes<\/a> are caused by a blood clot, which is called an ischemic stroke. Clots can obstruct large or smaller vessels in the brain and cut off essential blood supply. Bring had several small clots that were killing areas of his brain.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Research shows that 1.9 million brain cells die every minute someone is having a stroke.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">&#8220;That means you are aging 3.1 weeks every minute (of a stroke), and if that transforms to hours, every hour, you could be aging by 3.5 years,&#8221; said <a href=\"https:\/\/www.uchealth.org\/provider\/gautam-sachdeva-md\/\">Dr. Gautam Sachdeva<\/a>, a vascular and interventional neurologist at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.uchealth.org\/locations\/uchealth-neurovascular-clinic-loveland\/\">UCHealth Medical Center of the Rockies<\/a> in Loveland. &#8220;You have to save those (cells) in a timely manner to avoid irreversible deficits.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>The symptoms of a stroke<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">It\u2019s possible that Bring\u2019s stroke could have started with his piercing headache hours before he was awoken.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cIt\u2019s tough when that is the first symptom of something more serious because we can\u2019t have everyone with a headache going to the ER,\u201d said <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.uchealth.org\/provider\/s-jacob-chacko-md-cardiology\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Dr. Jacob Chacko<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">, a cardiologist at <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.uchealth.org\/locations\/uchealth-heart-center-fort-collins\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">UCHealth Heart and Vascular Clinic<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> in northern Colorado. &#8220;I tell people to look for something uniquely different than what they are used to feeling. If you&#8217;re having a distinctly different quality or severity headache \u2013 the worst headache of your life \u2013 get help immediately.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><strong>Learn the signs of a stroke and act FAST:<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><b>FAST<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> stands for:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><b>F<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">ace. Uneven smile or drooping of mouth.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><b>A<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">rm. Sudden loss of arm strength or coordination.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><b>S<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">peech. Inability to speak clearly or to understand what is being said.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><b>T<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">ime. Time to call 911 if you suspect stroke symptoms.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Symptoms might also include sudden loss of balance, inability to walk straight or sudden loss or changes in vision.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Calling 911 \u2013 instead of driving yourself or having someone else drive you to the emergency room \u2013 is essential as EMS can alert hospital stroke teams so they are ready for your arrival, saving time and brain.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Bring&#8217;s girlfriend drove him to <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.uchealth.org\/locations\/uchealth-poudre-valley-hospital-emergency-room\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">UCHealth Poudre Valley Hospital Emergency Room<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">, where he was quickly admitted. An MRI confirmed he had small clots in his left thalamus, right cerebellum and occipital lobe.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The thalamus is your body\u2019s relay station. All senses, except for smell, process through the thalamus before they\u2019re interpreted. It also plays a part in consciousness and alertness. The cerebellum is associated with the coordination of voluntary motor movement, balance and equilibrium. The occipital lobe is the visual processing area of the brain.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The clots threatened Bring\u2019s future and his ability to enjoy his passion, hockey.<\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_76754\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-76754\" style=\"width: 640px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-76754\" src=\"https:\/\/uchealth-wp-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2024\/07\/03102926\/JT6_8590-arden-locker-room-uchealth-web.webp\" alt=\"Arden Brings gets ready to head out on the ice as his team's goalie. Photo by UCHealth.\" width=\"640\" height=\"449\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-76754\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Arden Brings gets ready to head out on the ice as his team&#8217;s goalie. Photo by UCHealth.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2><b>Treating an ischemic stroke<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">At the hospital, doctors administered a clot-busting drug through an IV, which successfully broke up Bring\u2019s blood clots and restored blood flow to his brain. Unfortunately, the stroke impaired his vision.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">He left the hospital 24 hours after his arrival with an eye patch. Doctors instructed him to rest and not drive until cleared by an occupational therapist. A week later, his doctors gave him the green light to fly to Los Angeles to visit his sister.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cIt was a nice vacation, but my eyes weren\u2019t getting better,\u201d Bring said. \u201cI couldn\u2019t look at my phone or outside and see a clear picture. It\u2019s like those drunk goggles they have you wear in high school. It was two pictures stacked on top of each other, and it destroyed my depth perception.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Bring decided to seek a vision therapist. He had therapy three days a week and eye exercises to work on at home.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>Battling back from a stroke and returning to hockey<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Despite trouble with his vision, Bring returned to the ice less than three months after his stroke.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cI did not see that well, and I got lit up,\u201d he said. \u201cThere was some pain once I started letting goals in. It\u2019s hard to pick yourself up and say, \u2018I\u2019m OK; I\u2019m going to keep doing this.\u2019<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cIt was fun to get back out there and do something I love, but I was still suffering.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Bring grappled with questions about why he had to confront such adversity.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cIt\u2019s really frustrating. It is not how it is supposed to be, and I got depressed and very fatigued.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">His teammates helped to pick him back up.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cThey accepted me and still wanted me to play with them even though I was not at my best,\u201d Bring said. \u201cWhen I was down, they were encouraging. They helped build me up, and along with my therapy, I did recover.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_76755\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-76755\" style=\"width: 640px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-76755\" src=\"https:\/\/uchealth-wp-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2024\/07\/03103026\/JT6_9074-arden-uchealth-team-web.webp\" alt=\"Arden with his teammates, who supported his efforts to get back on the ice after his stroke. Photo by UCHealth.\" width=\"640\" height=\"450\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-76755\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Arden (goalie) with some of his teammates, who supported his efforts to get back on the ice after his stroke. Photo by UCHealth.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2><b>A lifetime left to deal with the aftermath of a stroke<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">A year after his stroke, bring said his vision is back, though he still feels like he sees his nose more than before. He plays hockey regularly and still makes game-changing stops.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">He takes blood thinner medications to prevent any further strokes. Blood thinners, though, come with an increased risk of bleeding. He was told that he may have to consider a less active lifestyle.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cI was told I might need to restrict the things I do \u2013 all the things that young people want to do,\u201d he said.<\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_76756\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-76756\" style=\"width: 640px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-76756\" src=\"https:\/\/uchealth-wp-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2024\/07\/03103125\/JT6_9264-Arden-uchealth-web.webp\" alt=\"After weighing the risks, Arden Bring returned to playing hockey just months after his stroke. Photo by UCHealth.\" width=\"640\" height=\"434\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-76756\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">After weighing the risks, Arden Bring returned to playing hockey just months after his stroke. Photo by UCHealth.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">His doctors provided him with the education he needed to make informed decisions regarding his life. The doctors acknowledged that they understood that restricting his lifestyle may have an even greater effect on his mental health.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cEverything has risk, and you have to make calculated risks,\u201d he said. \u201cUltimately, it was up to me to decide if I play hockey, and when I made that decision, my doctors supported me.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cThere is some anxiety,\u201d Bring said. \u201cI feel some relief that I\u2019m less likely to have another stroke, but it\u2019s frustrating because I have to do regular checks and lab work because of the medication risks \u2026\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">He is hopeful that one day, he\u2019ll be able to stop taking the blood thinners and continue to play hockey without the added fear.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cThere were some dark times, but I\u2019m living my life happier and healthier,\u201d he said. \u201cI don\u2019t know if I have all the right words of encouragement, but I would say to others in recovery that your body is capable of healing, and you can bounce back if you work hard and have the right people by your side.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As Arden Bring sat in his hospital room, he cracked jokes to his parents, deflecting the anxiety building up inside of him. \u201cPanic set in that I might not see normal ever again, and what that means to play hockey with only one eye,\u201d he said.\u00a0 Bring\u2019s hockey journey spans two decades, starting from street [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2164,"featured_media":76751,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_relevanssi_hide_post":"","_relevanssi_hide_content":"","_relevanssi_pin_for_all":"","_relevanssi_pin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_unpin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_include_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_exclude_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_no_append":"","_relevanssi_related_not_related":"","_relevanssi_related_posts":"","_relevanssi_noindex_reason":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[184,869],"class_list":["post-76738","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-stories","tag-neurology","tag-stroke-care"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v27.2 (Yoast SEO v27.2) - 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