Nancy Davis Gillen 8:06am May 5
I'm feeling much better, but im going on 7 months in bed because of a sore. I'm
going crazy! Please pass on to the quad list. Thanks for keeping me in your
thoughts.
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> On Apr 30, 2016, at 4:33 PM, Lori Michaelson <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> Greetings my quad list friends and friends [since 1995 for me],
>
> Sometimes after so much time goes by and either we are kept busy doing happy
> things or are stuck in bed with a wound... we often lose track of each other
> and exactly who is who and what is about that person.
>
> I know we have lost one of the most wonderful contributors here [Dave Kelmer]
> and I believe that Bill Jenkins (in Florida) was the one who told us of his
> wishes. This was back in 2009.
>
> Having said that, here is what I would like from each one of you to refresh
> my old lady mind. I feel like I have aged a lifetime over the last 4 years
> after losing my husband and unable to live with family any longer.
>
> * Name
>
> * Age
>
> * Date of injury
>
> * Town and state where you are from (unless you would just like to state the
> state you are living in).
>
> * Are you a quad or a para? If you are a quad ... what level of injury are
> you?
>
> * Complete or incomplete injury?
>
> And any other information you would like to offer. Thanks a bunch in advance!
>
> Best to you all!
>
> Lori Michaelson - age 51. How did that happen?!?!!!
> C4/5 complete quad, 36 1/2 years post. Unable to drive.
>
> I can feed myself if prepared and placed in front of me. Food needs to be cut
> up if necessary.
>
> Grew up in a small town in New York State and lived there for 36 years but
> after meeting my husband he got transferred a couple times which first took
> us to Virginia and then to Tucson Arizona.
> I was devastated with his unexpected passing at only 63 years old on June 11,
> 2012 and over 90% of me went with him.
> Went to live with sister and brother-in-law in northeastern Pennsylvania for
> 3 years but, despite hiring morning and evening caregivers ... my sister and
> brother-in-law wanted me to move on for a myriad of reasons but primarily
> because my sister began having venous stasis and my brother-in-law wanted his
> house back without people coming and going.
>
> Needless to say I am very disappointed in them because they very well could
> have taken me on longer. I had I known it was only going to be for 3 years
> (even though was an emergency situation as I had nowhere to go) I wish I had
> found a live-in caregiver in Tucson where my husband and I have been living
> for 11 years.
>
> Landed back in Tucson Arizona with a live-in caregiver in January 2016.
>
> My story is a long one but I will stop there.
>
> --
> "Petting, scratching and cuddling a dog could be soothing to the mind and
> heart and deep meditation and almost as good for the soul as prayer." ~Dean
> Koontz
