????中風(fēng)發(fā)生的時(shí)候大腦局部供血被阻斷或嚴(yán)重減少,，使得腦組織缺乏氧氣和營養(yǎng)物質(zhì),。幾分鐘后腦細(xì)胞開始死亡。事實(shí)上,，馬宏升當(dāng)時(shí)并非遭受中風(fēng)而只是短暫性腦缺血（TIA）,，俗稱小中風(fēng)，血液流動只是暫時(shí)中斷,，并不會導(dǎo)致腦細(xì)胞死亡或者終生殘疾,。但是每次小中風(fēng)出現(xiàn)都會增加中風(fēng)的風(fēng)險(xiǎn)，如果不進(jìn)行防治的話就很容易變成中風(fēng),。
????馬宏升和喬治馬上驅(qū)車到當(dāng)?shù)氐募本戎行?。“我中風(fēng)了,，”馬宏升對醫(yī)生說,?！澳悴皇侵酗L(fēng)，”他回憶當(dāng)時(shí)醫(yī)生回答說,。當(dāng)時(shí)醫(yī)生將他的癥狀歸因于壓力過大,，最終診斷為偏頭痛。
????隨著周末到來,，馬宏升開始感到無助,。他沒法說服醫(yī)生。他也不能告訴瑪格麗特,，擔(dān)心自己的病情會讓她精神崩潰,。星期天下午，他感到自己身體恢復(fù)正常,，可以到斯坦福大學(xué)附近的環(huán)山路Stanford Dish跑步,。于是他帶上兒子一同前往，但是這40分鐘的慢跑卻差點(diǎn)要了他的性命,。
????4點(diǎn)左右,，馬宏升回到家里，覺得頭痛欲裂,。他告訴喬治,，“感覺非常不對勁”?！拔易呱蠘?，坐到床上，”他回憶說,，“中風(fēng)就在那一刻發(fā)生了”,。他倒在床上，看見喬治走進(jìn)臥室,，然后是布里吉特,。布里吉特開始放聲大哭。馬宏升看著天花板,，白色的天花板上布滿星星,。“喬治把我挪到地板上,，”他回憶說,，“隨后救護(hù)車來了。之后我就失去了知覺,?！?/p>
????馬宏升的中風(fēng)導(dǎo)致身體左側(cè)頸動脈血流阻塞，而頸動脈正是大腦左半球供血的主要通道,。左半球控制身體右側(cè)的活動,，并且對大部分人來說,，也控制著語言能力。因此馬宏升喪失了語言功能,。到了深夜,，他認(rèn)出了瑪格麗特。但是他的預(yù)后診斷并不確定,。醫(yī)生們不能確定馬宏升今后還能不能走路,、說話,。
????同時(shí),，還要考慮對公司的影響。周一,，瑪格麗特跟歐德寧談了談,。后者表示他將咨詢法律總顧問，決定英特爾是否必須馬上公布這一消息,；歐德寧說,，無論如何，公司都會和她共同宣布這個(gè)消息,。
????新聞稿的措辭最終變成了一件牽動全家的大事,。馬宏升年紀(jì)最大的女兒瑞秋從英格蘭坐飛機(jī)趕了回來。她和喬治以及布里吉特并不希望英特爾披露馬宏升中風(fēng)的消息,?！澳銈兊陌职植皇切『⒆恿耍爆敻覃愄刎?zé)備說,，“命運(yùn)一直與他為敵,，但他從沒掩飾過任何事情?！备窳_夫曾在大屠殺中幸存并成功擊敗過癌癥,，他告訴孩子們，敢于承擔(dān)是最負(fù)責(zé)任的方式,。馬宏升一家決定讓當(dāng)時(shí)已經(jīng)不能說話的馬宏升自己決定發(fā)言稿的措辭?，敻覃愄貙⑿侣劯宓牟莞宸旁隈R宏升面前，問他選擇“中風(fēng)”還是“小中風(fēng)”,，還是完全回避這個(gè)細(xì)節(jié),。馬宏升伸出左手無名指，指了指“中風(fēng)”,。
????在斯坦福醫(yī)院的第一個(gè)星期,，馬宏升的孩子們希望控制探望者的人數(shù)。但是馬宏升的看法卻不一樣,?！拔蚁ＭＡ_從我的眼神中看到我回歸的決心,，”馬宏升談到歐德寧時(shí)說。當(dāng)時(shí)歐德寧和格羅夫走進(jìn)病房,，馬宏升回憶說他們兩人“臉色蒼白,，”，“我當(dāng)時(shí)想‘沒事,。我還是我,！’”他補(bǔ)充說，“我可以思考,，就是不能說話,。你知道這是什么感覺嗎？實(shí)在太糟糕了,?！?/p>
????馬宏升想了很多辦法自娛自樂，表達(dá)自己的想法,。周二,，即中風(fēng)后的48小時(shí)，他正在讀一本有關(guān)中國歷史的書,。當(dāng)時(shí)瑪格麗特拿進(jìn)來一大堆書,，他挑出瑟夫?康拉德的經(jīng)典作品《黑暗之心》。馬宏升用手指指了其中幾段讓瑪格麗特讀出來——這些段落正反映了他當(dāng)時(shí)的心情,。
????你可以想象那是怎樣的心情：沮喪,、失望和焦躁?！暗搅酥苋€是周四的時(shí)候,，我開始琢磨‘我怎么才能好起來’，”他回憶說,?！拔冶仨毣謴?fù)到原來的樣子?！敝酗L(fēng)幾天之后,，馬宏升身體右側(cè)的知覺開始恢復(fù)。他開始能勉強(qiáng)擠出幾個(gè)詞,，其中就包括“現(xiàn)在”這個(gè)字眼,，這也是醫(yī)護(hù)人員聽得最多的一個(gè)詞。有一次醫(yī)院對馬宏升的活動進(jìn)行全面監(jiān)控,，結(jié)果發(fā)現(xiàn)他自己一個(gè)人走到醫(yī)院的另一頭去看望他的孩子凱瑟琳,。隨后馬宏升轉(zhuǎn)移到舊金山一個(gè)康復(fù)機(jī)構(gòu)，按計(jì)劃他應(yīng)該待夠一個(gè)月,。但是十天之后,，他就回到了帕洛阿爾托的家中,。 |
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????A stroke occurs when the blood supply to part of the brain is interrupted or severely reduced, depriving brain tissue of oxygen and nutrients. Within minutes brain cells begin to die. In fact, Maloney was not having a stroke at the time but transient ischemic attacks. Commonly known as TIAs, or mini-strokes, they are temporary interruptions of blood flow that don't destroy brain cells or cause permanent disability. But each TIA increases the risk of stroke and warns that one could occur if nothing is done to prevent it.
????Maloney and George drove to a local urgent-care center. "Look, I'm having a stroke," Maloney told the doctor authoritatively. "You're not having a stroke," he recalls the doctor replying. The doctor attributed his symptoms to stress and diagnosed a migraine headache.
????As the weekend progressed, Maloney felt helpless. He couldn't convince the doctor. He couldn't tell Margaret, for fear that another medical emergency would send her over the edge. Sunday afternoon he felt normal enough to run the Stanford Dish, a hilly loop near the university. He kept up with his son that day, but the 40-minute jog did him in.
????Around 4 o'clock, Sean was home with an awful headache and feeling "really weird," he told George. "I went up and sat on my bed," he recalls, "and the stroke happened." He fell back. He saw George walk into the bedroom, and then Brigid, crying. He saw the ceiling, white and full of stars. "George laid me down on the floor," he recalls. "Then there was the ambulance. Then I don't know."
????Maloney's stroke resulted from a clot in his left carotid artery, the main supplier of blood to the brain's left hemisphere. The left hemisphere controls movement in the right side of the body and, for most people, speech as well. So Maloney couldn't talk. By midnight he recognized Margaret. But his prognosis was uncertain. The doctors didn't know whether Maloney would ever walk or talk again.
????Meanwhile, there was business to take care of. On Monday, Margaret spoke to Otellini, who said he would ask his general counsel whether Intel had to disclose the news immediately; in any case, he said, the company would work with her on the announcement.
????The art of the press release became a family affair. Oldest daughter Rachel flew in from England. She and George and Brigid didn't want Intel to disclose that their dad had had a stroke. "Your dad is not a child," Margaret chided, adding, "The odds have always been against him, and he has never sugarcoated anything." Grove, who survived the Holocaust and detailed his own cancer battle in Fortune in 1996, told the kids that being "upfront" is the responsible way to go. The family decided to let the man who could not speak decide what language to use in the release. Holding a draft in front of him, Margaret asked Sean to choose "stroke" or "minor stroke" or leave out the detail. With his left index finger, Sean pointed to "stroke."
????During his first week in Stanford Hospital, Maloney's kids wanted to keep visitors at bay. But he had a different opinion. "I wanted Paul to see in my eyes that I would be back," he says of Otellini. When the Intel chief and Grove came in looking "appropriately white," Maloney recalls, "I was thinking, 'It's okay! It's me!' " He adds, "I have no problem thinking, but I can't speak. Do you know what that's like? That's terrible."
????Maloney devised various ways to entertain and express himself. By Tuesday, 48 hours after the stroke, he was reading a book about Chinese history. When Margaret brought in a pile of books, he picked out Heart of Darkness, the Joseph Conrad classic. Maloney would point his finger at passages for her to read -- passages that reflected his emotions at the moment.
????You can imagine what those emotions were: frustration, anger, impatience. "By Wednesday or Thursday, I was thinking, 'How can I come back?' " he recalls, adding, "I had to get back." A few days after the stroke, the right side of his body came back to life. One of the first words he was able to croak out was "now," which the hospital staff started to hear -- a lot. One time the hospital issued an APB to locate Maloney. He had made his way all the way to another wing to visit baby Catherine. When he moved to a rehab facility in San Francisco, he was supposed to stay a month. Ten days later he was heading home to Palo Alto. |
