And finally one day, I woke up and I thought perhaps I'd had a stroke, because I lay in bed completely frozen, looking at the telephone, thinking, "Something is wrong and I should call for help," and I couldn't reach out my arm and pick up the phone and dial.
Finalmente um dia, acordei e pensei que talvez tivesse tido um AVC, porque estava na cama  completamente paralisado, a olhar para o telefone, a pensar: "Algo está mal e devia pedir ajuda". Ma não conseguia mexer o braço, pegar no telefone e marcar.