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.
