A Smile that made my day:
45 yr old male with amyotropic lateral sclerosis which is a disease which affects our nervous syetm made this young patient of mine totally dependent and wheelchair bound for last 2 years. He has his neck muscles affected as well so bad that he can’t even hold his head up. He needed a splint to keep head straight so that he can look at you. His speech affected so much so... that only his wife can understand it. It is amazing how love can overcome all obstacles no matter how big they are. We got a standing frame which is an equipment which once attached to the patient’s body can pull him up to a standing position. Patient was all excited about it, as soon as we made him assume a standing position a big happy smile came to his face. He couldn’t stop smiling. Wife stated’ He is smiling..he is smiling that means he likes it’. Patient said to his wife in slurred speech ‘ I can feel the blood going down my legs, I can feel my legs now”. He was standing after 2 years and was so excited that he said that he can stand for hours. However we wanted to progress slow so we needed to lower his body down back to the chair in 20 mins. He has 2 teenage daughters and he told his wife ‘ now I can talk eye to eye with my daughters and he wanted to surprise them later when they came back home. It is amazing how small things in life matters so much to few of us. So Thank god every day for all he has given and stop complaining about minor things he has not given us.
45 yr old male with amyotropic lateral sclerosis which is a disease which affects our nervous syetm made this young patient of mine totally dependent and wheelchair bound for last 2 years. He has his neck muscles affected as well so bad that he can’t even hold his head up. He needed a splint to keep head straight so that he can look at you. His speech affected so much so... that only his wife can understand it. It is amazing how love can overcome all obstacles no matter how big they are. We got a standing frame which is an equipment which once attached to the patient’s body can pull him up to a standing position. Patient was all excited about it, as soon as we made him assume a standing position a big happy smile came to his face. He couldn’t stop smiling. Wife stated’ He is smiling..he is smiling that means he likes it’. Patient said to his wife in slurred speech ‘ I can feel the blood going down my legs, I can feel my legs now”. He was standing after 2 years and was so excited that he said that he can stand for hours. However we wanted to progress slow so we needed to lower his body down back to the chair in 20 mins. He has 2 teenage daughters and he told his wife ‘ now I can talk eye to eye with my daughters and he wanted to surprise them later when they came back home. It is amazing how small things in life matters so much to few of us. So Thank god every day for all he has given and stop complaining about minor things he has not given us.
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