Some good news about Matthew Sweet’s progress after suffering a stroke in late October that impacted his speech and the left side of his body. Despite fearing that he would never walk, play an instrument, or perform again, the musician has made tremendous progress as a patient at Madonna Rehabilitation Hospital in Omaha, Nebraska. He’s even strummed a few guitar chords.
“The first time I tried was really hard, you know?’ he said. ‘I just thought, ‘I will never play guitar again.’ Now I think, ‘Well, maybe I’ll play guitar again.’”