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Month: February 2016
Section of my book, Before, Afdre, and After
Section of my book,
Before, Afdre, and After (My stroke … oh what fun)
(This is after my stroke, at the hospital) June 19, 2000:
It was 6:00 p.m. or so, and the nurses
were talking outside my room. My
right arm was asleep, and stuck behind
me, and I couldn’t get it back in front.
I should have just used my left arm to
help, and it would have been all better.
But I didn’t think about that. I tried
to move my right arm, but it only got
more stuck.
One nurse came in and said, “Oh
my gosh. Why are you twisted around
like that? How did you get like that?”
(“Obviously, I can’t tell you,” I
thought. “Just help me.”)
Someone else came in and the two
of them helped me get untangled.
…
Really late Tuesday or really early
Wednesday morning, June 20/21,
2000:
Soon there was another accident.
I was dreaming about sheets. (Other
people dream about much better
things. I dream about sheets . . . ?)
In the dream, I was going to
pick out the sheets I wanted. Then I
thought, “I should get up; so many
other people are sicker then me, so I
will give the bed to someone else who
needs it more.” So I was going to get up
and leave, but I couldn’t get up. I tried
it again . . . why can’t I get up?! Well, I
guess I finally got out of bed . . . and
immediately fell down on the floor.
A nurse was outside the room
and heard the noise. She came in and
saw what was going on, and she and
somebody else helped me get in the
bed again.
After that, they put a tube inside
my nose that would set off an alarm if
it happened again. It was like I was a
convict.
When morning came, a nurse
gave my breakfast and I tried to
eat it, but the tube got in the way.
AAAAAAAAH!
“Can someone take it out,” I
thought?
The doctor came to my room. “I
know it’s uncomfortable,” she said,
“but you could fall of the bed again or
something worse. Give it some time,
and we will see how you’re doing then …”
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(End of section)
But you can read more of my book here:
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Back cover of my book
Back cover of my book: Before, Afdre, and After (My stroke … oh what fun)
– Professional scanned (haa) by Maureen Twomey 😉
– Cover & Interior design by Tabitha Lahr
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