I have met through a work circumstance, a remarkable man who is a father and husband. His name is Henry Evans. His blog tells of his story that led him to write a gourmet book entitled: The Pureed Gourmet. Henry and his wife, Jane have a great story to tell on his blog: http://hevans-hevans.blogspot.com/

"When I started to come to, I was on life suport. My kids cried when they saw me. I remember Jane singing 'Phantom of the Opera' songs to me, because she had heard that people in comas can often hear you. I used to play those songs a lot. She noticed I was following along with my eyes. I soon realized they were all I could move-in fact, they were the only reason I was not a complete vegetable. My dad explained that I had no motor control, and I got it - I was trapped in my own body. One of the first things I asked Jane was to take care of a traffic ticket I had just gotten - that convinced her I was my old self. My brain itself was fine , except for some one-time short term memory loss. I was not able to breathe on my own , and had a feeding tube up my nose."


Henry does not have a spinal cord injury, but he did have a brain injury that has left him a quad without the ability to speak.

I urge you to check out his story and then pass along his book, which is entertaining as well as informative. www.pureedgourmet.com

Califanna

I will never stop being inspired by the SCI and wider disabled communities, and that includes the families and friends and loved ones of those with the SCI. He has such a magical way of expressing himself as well.

I did have a giggle about the quote you provided and him mentioning about fixing up the traffic ticket. When I came to after my injury I kept asking my parents to remember to cancel my dental appointment I had that morning, at the time they promised me they would. It was only much later that I realised there was a great big time lapse between my injury and when I came to. I was supposed to go to the dentist the morning after the night I had my injury, and I thought it was the next day when I came to but it was much, much later. At the time I knew I was paralysed and was not experiencing denial, I just went straight into organising mode which was great to provide my family with a laugh!

Thanks so much for the link, the only problem is I don't think I will be able to pull myself away from it :-)