Category Archives: Surviving brain injury

A remarkable story of a miraculous journey

Diary 23rd July 2009

Posted on June 9, 2012 by Sue Vincent

Nick had a day of ups and downs yesterday. As his eyes clear and he begins to work through the withdrawal from the impossibly heavy doses of morphine, paralysing drugs and other narcotics pumped through him over the last  weeks … Continue reading →

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Ambition

Posted on June 8, 2012 by Sue Vincent

I remember, when I was a very little girl and my mother a beautiful young woman, that every time she was dressing in those wide skirted, narrow-waisted gowns that made her, in my eyes, look like a fairy princess, there … Continue reading →

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22nd July 2009 – Borrowed Wings

Posted on June 7, 2012 by Sue Vincent

Update sent on 22/7/2009 Yesterday was a heart aching day in many ways, but many of the hardest moments were moments of great beauty. My son should not be there, should not be in this state. Another human being did … Continue reading →

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Diary 20th July 2009

Posted on June 6, 2012 by Sue Vincent

 Nick remains critical and his life still very much in the balance. All the statistics give him little chance of survival, let alone more than that. The doctors hold out the most slender hopes of anything at all for him. … Continue reading →

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Limbo… Diary entry 19th July 2009

Posted on June 5, 2012 by Sue Vincent

19th July 2009 Kevin, my partner, said that people talk of Limbo… now he knows where it is and what it feels like… this waiting for answers no-one can give, this praying with all our hearts and not knowing what … Continue reading →

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Hardcore Till I Die… HTID in the sun 2010

Posted on June 4, 2012 by Sue Vincent

In June 2010, almost a year after the attack that left Nick battling severe disabilities, my sons went to Spain. To a hardcore music festival. Nick had been on the way to a local hardcore venue when the attack happened, … Continue reading →

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Little things

Posted on June 3, 2012 by Sue Vincent

I have spent another hour this morning looking through photographs that document the past three years. There are many I will not post as they show Nick at his worst points, many show the things he hates about himself now, … Continue reading →

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