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a stroke: one teeny, broken blood vessel

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This story begins with my stroke. I became unconscious and stayed that way for the next 48 hours in a hospital. It is also the story of the people who took care of me: bystanders who called emergency services, ambulance workers, hospital workers. Each of them played an important role keeping me alive and safe. I received care from hospital personnel daily for the next month. They used their extensive training to help me to learn to eat, speak, walk, and do all the things we take for granted. Once home, I received ongoing support from medical personnel, family, and friends. I experienced little improvements every day and am still improving today. Not everyone has a positive experience in a hospital or with medical staff. When I was discharged from the hospital, I thought about the people who would become patients in a hospital. I thought about the people who don't like hospitals or doctors. I thought about the patients and their families who were confused and scared. I wish everyone could visit a therapy room in a hospital, before they become a patient, to learn the purpose of rehabilitation therapy, and understand the purpose of all the gadgets in the room. I wanted to share my experience with day-to-day life in the hospital and articulate those things that helped me. My recovery continued long after I left the hospital, doing all I could do. Was I ever scared or depressed? You bet. I let people know I needed help and they helped me. This book is for people who we meet every day, who do the best they can for others: doctors, nurses, and the therapists who helped a woman stand up and walk again. Thank you. Is it important we celebrate little accomplishments? Yes. Read more

Publisher ‏ : ‎ Debra Madonna (November 22, 2021)


Language ‏ : ‎ English


Paperback ‏ : ‎ 192 pages


ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1667803220


ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 27


Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 10.2 ounces


Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 6 x 0.5 x 9 inches


Best Sellers Rank: #2,819,863 in Books (See Top 100 in Books) #1,962 in Nervous System Diseases (Books)


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Customer Reviews: 5.0 5.0 out of 5 stars 8 ratings


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  • Stroke Survivor Shares Poetic Truths on Humanity
Debra Madonna weaves concrete imagery of snap shots of life, of perspective with art, poetry, and baseball. She wraps it all into a warm quilt of honesty, truth, insights to struggle and survival of starting and stumbling and striving and succeeding under the storm of a stroke. Debra Madonna brings the intertwining of as she calls it, shared universal human language, but really existence...with imagery of her children and her grandson Teddy; her cats (named after her grandmothers): Flora and Loretta, and many inspiring individuals including Jamie Jones, Sandra Sagear and a guy named Alex. Deb gets on the "trike" of the artistry of language and imagery from personal family stories to points on access to healthcare. Her book is a grand slam...and a walk-off. a stroke: one teeny, broken blood vessel ... show more
Reviewed in the United States on November 23, 2021 by Dawn Ham-Kucharski Dawn Ham-Kucharski

  • Heartwarming....
A sincere, moving, heartfelt compendium of Ms. Madonna's journey of love, caring, and determination expressed through gracious, anecdotes and prose... A wonderfully touching read.
Reviewed in the United States on January 5, 2022 by Tim Sagear

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