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Download medical books file now PRETITLE Bed Number Ten [Kindle Edition] POSTTITLE from 4shared, mediafire, hotfile, and mirror linkA patient's personal view of long term care.

Seen through the eyes of a patient totally paralyzed with Guillain-Barré syndrome, this moving book takes you through the psychological and physical pain of an eleven month hospital stay. BED NUMBER TEN reads like a compelling novel, but is entirely factual.

You will meet:

The ICU staff who learned to communicate with the paralyzed woman - and those who did not bother.

The physicians whose visits left her baffled about her own case.

The staff and physicians who spoke to her and others who did not recognize her presence.

The nurse who tucked Sue tightly under the covers, unaware that she was soaking with perspiration.

The nurse who took the time to feed her drop by drop, as she slowly learned how to swallow again.

The physical therapist who could read her eyes and spurred her on to move again as if the battle were his own.

In these pages, which reveal the caring, the heroism, and the insensitivity sometimes found in the health care fields, you may even meet people you know.Direct download links available for PRETITLE Bed Number Ten [Kindle Edition] POSTTITLE

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• File Size: 2639 KB
• Print Length: 304 pages
• Simultaneous Device Usage: Up to 4 simultaneous devices, per publisher limits
• Publisher: CRC Press (March 31, 1989)
• Sold by: Amazon Digital Services, Inc.
• Language: English
• ASIN: B009K2899S
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Each case of Guillain-Barre Syndrome is different---for the patient, for the doctors, and for the caregivers.
WE ARE ALL COURAGEOUS in that we have fought very hard for the chance to just LIVE and hopefully to obtain as much percentage of recovery as we can.
I was diagnosed correctly on the 10th day of onset.
By that time, I was paralyzed from the neck down.
Treatment consisted of IVIG and therapy in the hospital
for 2 weeks and then I was transferred to the REHAB center for 9 weeks. I was actually put into a room where
a GBS patient had previously occupied and he and his wife
visited me and encouraged me.
The therapy was grueling but productive and I learned once again, just like a baby does, how to get out of bed,
sit up, walk and brush my teeth without assistance.

After 3.5 years, I am still in a wheelchair most of the day but can walk with assistance for a very short distance ie, across a room. For long distances, I have to use the power chair. The leg cramps that feel like snakes crawling in my legs are still there periodically and are unlike anything I've ever experienced. Since experiencing GBS, I frequently 'feel that I'm in another realm' in my dreams and my almost-awake hours. Very strange.
I read everything I can read on GBS because I am still in the recovery period and interested in comparing notes with others who have travelled the same route.
While in REHAB, one of my visitors who had previously had
GBS, recommended BED 10 for me to read.
She's a precious saint who had GBS back in the 70s and
stayed in ICU for about 8 months.

My physician says I have recovered 95% now.
If I never recover the other 5%, it's o.k.