My deceased now MIL suffered a brain aneurysm. Caught before it broke and they did surgery but...it broke on the table and in their haste to stop the bleeding they damaged her brain which left her partially paralyzed on her right side. She was a school teacher, taught piano for years and was very active plus loved to sew and crochet. After some intense therapy she was able to walk with a walker unassisted and had limited use of her right arm and hand. I don't think she every attempted sewing again but...she did try crocheting. The therapist said it would be great therapy. Well...she was doing pretty good and then my FIL decided to stop the therapy and started waiting on her. So everything she had been doing went down the drain pretty quick. They HAD the money to continue therapy but he was a cheapskate. So he ended up waiting on her hand and foot for almost 20 years before she passed away.