Availability:In StockContributor:Tracy Anne OngPublish date:2024-07-30Pages:256
Language:EnglishPublisher:Penguin BooksISBN-13:9789815127904ISBN-10:981512790XUPC:9789815127904Book Category:Biography & AutobiographyBook Subcategory:Memoirs, Medical (Incl. Patients)Size:8.40 x 5.20 x 0.40 inchesWeight:0.6504Product ID:SC3C4Q4CSP
Frolics From a Stroke Tracy was at the start of her law career and at the cusp of life when she got a debilitating brainstem stroke that affected her breathing, swallowing, speech, eyesight, and severely weakened her left and paralyzed her right. She found herself effectively a thinking statue at the age of thirty-five. This is an account of her journey to recovery. As her brain is reset, she finds, so is her life. Like a growing child, she learns the most basic things anew, and more insightfully, the second time around. She sees the world in a different dimension this time as wheelchair-bound. She discovers what faith means when it is all that is left. In amusing and heart-wrenching anecdotes, Tracy finds that there is a life to be had, even in the cracks.
Language:EnglishPublisher:Penguin BooksISBN-13:9789815127904ISBN-10:981512790XUPC:9789815127904Book Category:Biography & AutobiographyBook Subcategory:Memoirs, Medical (Incl. Patients)Size:8.40 x 5.20 x 0.40 inchesWeight:0.6504Product ID:SC3C4Q4CSP
Tracy was at the start of her law career and at the cusp of life when she got a debilitating brainstem stroke that affected her speech, eyesight, and ability to breathe and swallow. It also severely weakened her left side and completely paralyzed her right. She found herself, effectively, a thinking statue at the age of thirty-five. This is an account of her journey to recovery. As her brain is reset, she finds, so is her life. Like a growing child, she learns the most basic things anew, and more insightfully, the second time around. She sees the world in a different dimension this time--as wheelchair-bound. She discovers what faith means when it is all that is left. In amusing and heart-wrenching anecdotes, she finds that there is a life to be had, even in the cracks.
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Frolics From a Stroke Tracy was at the start of her law career and at the cusp of life when she got a debilitating brainstem stroke that affected her breathing, swallowing, speech, eyesight, and severely weakened her left and paralyzed her right. She found herself effectively a thinking statue at the age of thirty-five. This is an account of her journey to recovery. As her brain is reset, she finds, so is her life. Like a growing child, she learns the most basic things anew, and more insightfully, the second time around. She sees the world in a different dimension this time as wheelchair-bound. She discovers what faith means when it is all that is left. In amusing and heart-wrenching anecdotes, Tracy finds that there is a life to be had, even in the cracks.
Tracy was at the start of her law career and at the cusp of life when she got a debilitating brainstem stroke that affected her speech, eyesight, and ability to breathe and swallow. It also severely weakened her left side and completely paralyzed her right. She found herself, effectively, a thinking statue at the age of thirty-five. This is an account of her journey to recovery. As her brain is reset, she finds, so is her life. Like a growing child, she learns the most basic things anew, and more insightfully, the second time around. She sees the world in a different dimension this time--as wheelchair-bound. She discovers what faith means when it is all that is left. In amusing and heart-wrenching anecdotes, she finds that there is a life to be had, even in the cracks.
