Reminds me of a movie Benny and Joon...

Strokes are strictly a roll of the dice and damage is very unpredictable. Whatever is lost has to be relearned by an undamaged part of the brain. It is a compensatory recovery.

Keep your blood pressure down. There is a very good book called The High Blood Pressure Solution. Like any other source you have to filter the information.

Lot of bored old ladies out there. Get him some girlfriends to spend time with him.