Tag Archives: brain injury

Quantum of Solstice

Posted on June 25, 2013 by Sue Vincent

You can blame my son for the title. It came to him after reading Faith’s comment that the sculpture course in Rome had been a quantum leap of learning for her. And of course it was Solstice. We all had … Continue reading →

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Carer’s Week UK

Posted on June 10, 2013 by Sue Vincent

The creaking wakes me. Four a.m., and again I am poised, Ready to rise from the sofa bed, Conscious of the steel strut against my spine. Above my head, in the room once mine, The bed that was mine once … Continue reading →

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Tides of life

Posted on May 18, 2013 by Sue Vincent

For the past few days I have been with my son, as I am almost every day, as I have been for the past four years. But just at present, things are a little different. He is, of course, still … Continue reading →

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Regressing

Posted on March 8, 2013 by Sue Vincent

I waltzed in the door singing to be met by groans and panic. The groans because of the singing, the panic mainly because I almost gave Nick a heart attack by accidentally catching the panic button on the alarm fob. … Continue reading →

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Possum ergo facit – I can therefore I do.

Posted on January 27, 2013 by Sue Vincent

Today, as I watched my son walk a few steps unsupported down the hallway of the home in which he lives independently, preparing to walk his bride to be down the aisle in a few months’ time, I was struck … Continue reading →

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Refuse to Lose

Posted on January 5, 2013 by Sue Vincent

I have just witnessed a miracle. And no, that is not a melodramatic statement. Simply true. I just watched my son walk again. Unsupported. For the first time in three and a half years. Five steps. Yes it has already … Continue reading →

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P.T.S.D a post revisited

Posted on December 5, 2012 by Sue Vincent

It is, I am told, Mental Health Awareness week. Alienora Taylor wrote of her own experience in her blog today. I have chosen to repost the piece below. It can happen to any of us, for whatever reason. For me it was … Continue reading →

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This week the hospitals…

Posted on July 31, 2012 by Sue Vincent

Yesterday we had hydro. This was Nick’s first session ‘going it alone’. There was, I think, a fair amount of trepidation. Bear in mind that, not so very long ago, Nick could not stand in the pool without being held. … Continue reading →

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Demented hobbit dance again…

Posted on July 23, 2012 by Sue Vincent

A very short, yet jubilant entry today.   Nick had a hydrotherapy appointment with Julie and Deryn who run Aqua-Rehab, a private venture. The two of them are amazing in what they do for their clients, both physically and emotionally. … Continue reading →

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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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