Fortunately I was “out” when each was put in — benefits of coma and all. Which is for the best. They missed my stomach on their first attempt at putting my G-tube in. Or it probably fell out after they put it in. And they put me “out” to remove the second G-tube. But to remove my trache, I was conscious for that. I saw what they needed for that procedure. It sure didn’t look like it felt.
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“So he did pretty well understanding me say my first name, but he had trouble with my last. And asked me to write it down for him. I thought, I could do that, it would most likely be faster, good on him for thinking on his feet. So I did. But half way through my writing it, I assume I wasn’t writing fast enough for him to make his quota, he started to ask me how I spelled my last name…”
“I guess the moral of the story is, there is a pretty good chance if I’m thinking about and regretting something that happened nearly 25 years ago, yet I wasn’t directly involved in, people who were responsible do, too? Or that is my hope. At least for Christie’s sake…”
“My point? Sometimes you have to make your own fun. And, at the time, this was a gas…”
“With respect to the topic of spirituality and/or religion could you comment on how these beliefs may have influenced you, members of your family or professionals you have worked with in your rehabilitation process?”
“What efforts do you feel you have made in educating the dominant or mainstream Canadian society and what barriers if any do you feel you have met in attempting to do so?”
“How do you think bias, oppression, etc. can best be addressed at an individual, community or policy level in Canada?”
“What bias, oppression, etc. do you feel towards others and/or do others feel towards you as a result of your accident and do you feel this has changed on an individual, community or policy level since your accident?”