Did Brian really have a stroke?

[Wirestone]

Private adoptions, in the United States, in which a woman signs over her newborn to a couple who pays her expenses, lawyers' fees and hospital fees, are entirely legal and proper. Really. You can deduct those expenses from your taxes. You can get to know the birth mother and have her involved in the lives of the kids if you want. The state is still involved, as are social service agencies.

In some states, these are the majority of adoptions. Lawyers have private connections with other lawyers across the country. These lawyers know women who want to give their infants up for adoption. It's handled without any orphanages or adoption agencies. I am assuming Brian and Melinda went through that process.

If that is indeed the case, there is nothing wrong with it. (There are certainly other, more informal, possibilities. But it seems Brian and Melinda would leave themselves wide open legally.)

[MBE]

claymcc and Andrew thanks for clearing some of the situation up for me. I didn't really know the details on how it all works.  Where is Dash from?

[Amy B.]

Brian's slurring comes and goes. Sometimes it seems like he slurs more if he's having a "bad day." Would slurring from the effects of a stroke come and go, or would it be constant?

[Fun Is In]

Brian's slurring comes and goes. Sometimes it seems like he slurs more if he's having a "bad day." Would slurring from the effects of a stroke come and go, or would it be constant?

Yes.

Folks w/ strokes (or chronic TD) are like the rest of us. They had good days and not so good days.

[DJF]

Wasn't there an earlier, inconclusive discussion here on whether or not his slurred speech and various tics was due to tardive dyskinesia due to side effects from psychiatric medications past or present, Landy-sourced or otherwise?

Yes, I do remember such a thread. I also remember a post from somebody (I don't remember their name, though) who had some background or knowledge about the medication that Landy prescribed for Brian. This poster stated that the powerful drugs could've caused slurring WHILE Brian was on the medication, but the drugs could not have long-lasting or permanent effects once Brian stopped taking the medication. That's not me talking, just recounting a post I remember.

I believe it was Peter Reum.

[Alex]

this might seem weird, but it's hard not to Notice in the smile DVD the difference between his speech in the interviews before and after BWPS was released.

But didn't he rehearse for some of those interviews?

[Jason]

I think it's the new pearly whites that he had put in his mouth around the time of the shows.

[Roger Ryan]

this might seem weird, but it's hard not to Notice in the smile DVD the difference between his speech in the interviews before and after BWPS was released.

But didn't he rehearse for some of those interviews?

Yes, there is a distinct difference between the footage shot before Brian's new teeth went in and after!

[the captain]

But didn't he rehearse for some of those interviews?

Not diligently enough to put on a convincing performance.