Josh Gray

Congrats to the Grad

Dad — Fri, 11 Jun 2010 08:32:00 +0000

HE DID IT!!! Josh graduated High School with amazing written all over him. It was a glorious evening, June 9, 2010. It’s been mentioned here how Josh, his family, and friends have looked forward to this day with great anticipation. Hundreds were in the stands to see Valley View High School’s Class of 2010. [...]

KNBC News Story

Dad — Tue, 08 Jun 2010 15:11:24 +0000

Here is the story that featured Josh on the nightly news…

The Celebration of Graduation

Dad — Sat, 05 Jun 2010 11:19:53 +0000

Let the celebration begin! It’s time to celebrate the hard work and fortitude Josh has shown to reach one of life’s foremost milestones, high school graduation. For anyone, high school graduation is a huge milestone and recognized as a major achievement in our society. However, there is so much more to this graduation, the fact that Josh had [...]

Media Day

Dad — Wed, 02 Jun 2010 04:13:10 +0000

Today was Media Day for Josh to tell his story. It started as a regular day for Josh,an early rise for a day at school except he had an appointment with the media. From 7:30 am until 10:30, Josh attended class as usual, sharing with his friends a TV reporter would be coming to school for [...]

Open Arms Campaign

Dad — Thu, 27 May 2010 23:40:55 +0000

National Stroke Association is excited to be part of “Open Arms: Raising Awareness of Upper Limb Spasticity,” a new educational campaign about upper limb spasticity. Spasticity is a debilitating condition that impacts approximately 1 million Americans, many of whom experience the condition in their upper limbs following a stroke. The campaign includes a coalition of national patient [...]

The Anticipation of Graduation

Dad — Tue, 11 May 2010 09:59:13 +0000

As we countdown the final days to graduation, excitement builds and educational studies seem easy at best. Many of us are fortunate to have had the experience of completing the senior year of high school and know the anticipation of graduation. This graduation celebration is very special. It was nearly a year ago when Joshua’s [...]

May is National Stroke Awareness Month

Dad — Tue, 23 Mar 2010 22:54:12 +0000

May is National Stroke Awareness Month – are you ready to start planning how to spread awareness? National Stroke Association is your number one resource for tools and inspiration about how to raise awareness about stroke in whatever way you can. Visit www.stroke.org/SAM for more info. It doesn’t matter if you are an individual or a [...]

Josh & Joey

Dad — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 03:37:23 +0000

Josh and Joey have something very unique in common and can relate to each other in ways not many people can at their age. Both boys suffered a massive stroke at the age of 16 and saw their lives changed instantly. We met Joey Vitulli and his family Michelle, David, Nick, and Alexis at their [...]

A Night with the Lakers

Dad — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 02:53:21 +0000

Tuesday March 2 was a big night for Josh. This was his first live Lakers game at Staples Center. If you’ve followed his story, you may recall his first word after having a stroke was “Lakers” which describe how important this team is to him. The night before the game he could hardly sleep. He [...]

Celebrity at School

Dad — Sat, 27 Feb 2010 21:14:59 +0000

As the story broke in the newspaper Tuesday, Josh awoke that morning hearing his story was out in print. We stopped at the store on the way to school, picked up several copies and began reading the headline article. I asked Josh what he thought of the story. He returned a big smile on his face [...]