As a middle aged, single, black woman, Karen Todd is content with living life simply.
She goes to work, keeps in touch with her family, and loves her God.
But one day, on her day off, she wakes up and finds that she is having trouble moving her left hand.
Thinking she needs to sleep it off, she takes a nap.
When she wakes back up, she fixes a bowl of oatmeal and the bowl slips right out of her hand.
Not knowing what else to do, she calls the nursing hotline and they advise her that she needs to go to the emergency room right away; she could be having a stroke.
Karen immediately gets in her car and drives to the hospital.
While there, she loses feeling on her left side and is admitted for further testing.
Results determine that she suffered from an old stroke.
With the cause determined, she is released to a nursing home to be rehabilitated through occupational and physical therapy.