Ditto to what Gail said In a few days my wife sci will be 1 year Thanks to all of you for your help, info and will to make the best out of a very hard situation God bless you all
Sent from my iPhone > On May 18, 2016, at 12:49 AM, Gail Holmes <[email protected]> wrote: > > Yes, Jim you are a hero of mine too! > > When I started caregiving for someone with a SCI > I knew nearly nothing in spite of my RN > > I have learned so much here on quad list and I share what I've learned every > chance I get! > > I've learned much more than the technical / medical stuff. > > Much of what I've taken away is the intangible that I'm not able to > adequately define. > > Something along the lines of what's important in life, and the tenacity of > the human spirit to prevail through loss and suffering, - there's more but I > Can't pull out the words precisely. > > Thank you Jim for all your labors, for all you have done. > > Also thanks to everyone on the list who contribute and put themselves out > there. > > Sent from my iPhone > >> On May 17, 2016, at 9:54 PM, Larry Willis <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> Jim, you are my hero. Yes, you are. >> >> Sent from my iPad >> >> Begin forwarded message: >> >>> Resent-From: [email protected] >>> From: Jim Lubin <[email protected]> >>> Date: May 17, 2016 at 9:33:52 PM EDT >>> To: [email protected] >>> Subject: [QUAD-L] 27 years ago... >>> >>> 27 years ago today I woke up with a pain in my shoulder. Less than 2 hours >>> later I could not stand, stopped breathing and my heart stopped. Paramedics >>> revived me. I woke up in a hospital unable to move, unable to speak and in >>> so much pain I just wanted to die. Two weeks later I was given a diagnoses >>> of acute transverse myelitis. Today, still paralyzed from the neck down, >>> dependent on a ventilator to breathe, but otherwise good health and rarely >>> any pain.
