>>
>> WOULD
>> WOULD PICK UP THE STORY4@ AS CHRIS BEGINS HIS ROAD TO RECOVERY4@.
>> SOMETHING THE
NEUROPSYCHOLOGIST 4@TOLD ME 4@I
THAT ONCE YOU HAVE SEEN ONE
BRAIN INJURY, YOU HAVE SEEN
JUST ONE BRAINY INJURY4@.
>> Host: CHRIS WAS DETERMINED TO
REGAIN HIS PHYSICAL AND MENTAL
STRENGTH4@.4@
>> I WAS TRYING TO RELEARN TO
WALK.
THERE WAS NO INJURY TO THE LEG4
IT WAS MY LEFT FRONTAL CORTEX.4
>> I 4@REMEMBER HIS MOM AND I
WOULD COME TO THE HOSPITAL TO
SEE HIM IN THE 4@MORNING AND HE
WOULD LIKE WHISPER IN AND NOT
FULL WAY. HE WOULD SAY, LIKE4@,
I'VE BEEN UP SINCE 3:00 A.M.4@
IN THE MORNING PRACTICING MY PT
EXERCISES.4@
>> Host: HE WORKED HARD AND
AFTER A MONTH AT SPAULDING
REHABILITATION, CHRIS CAME
HOME.
>> DESPAIR COMES IN WAVES. HE
HAS BEEN COMMITTED AND
EXTRAORDINARILY DRIVEN.
WHEN SOMETHING IS HARD, HE SEES
IT AS AN OPPORTUNITY TO WORK
HARDER.
THAT IS SOMETHING THAT I ADMIRE
AND THAT I'M GRATEFUL FOR.4@
>> Host: IT'S BEEN A LONG ROAD,
BUT CHRIS IS 4@NAVIGATING IT
WELL.
>> I AM LUCKY4@ AND HOW FAST MY
RECOVERY WENT.4@
>> SOMEONE SAID TO US WHEN
CHRIS WAS IN THE ICU THAT HE
MAY WAKE UP A COMPLETELY
DIFFERENT PERSON AND THAT IT
HAPPENS ALL THE TIME WITH BRAIN
INJURY.
I WAS4@ FURIOUS.
YOU DON'T KNOW CHRIS4@. DON'T
TELL ME HE IS GOING TO BE
DIFFERENT4@. DON'T TELL ME THIS
PERSON WHO IS KIND AND LOVING
AND PATIENT ISN'T GOING TO BE
ALL OF THESE THINGS.
>> Host: SEVEN MONTHS AFTER HIS
ACCIDENT, CHRIS WAS BACK IN 4@T
SADDLE4@.
>> I WAS SCARED, REALLY SCARED.
THE DOCTOR TOLD ME IN THE EARLY
DAYS HE WOULD NEVER RIDE A BIKE
AGAIN.
I WANTED TO TELL THE WHOLE WORLD
THAT HE WOULD NEVER RIDE A BIKE
AGAIN BECAUSE I WAS HORRIFIED
BY THE IDEA THAT SOMETHING 4@LI
AGAIN BECAUSE I WAS HORRIFIED BY THE IDEA THAT SOMETHING 4@LI@ THIS COULD HAPPEN AGAIN.4@
>> Host: ALEX WAS THERE
CHEERING HIM ON4@.
>> I WAS A LITTLE SCARED.
>> Host: HE RIDES SLOWER WHICH
IS NOT A BAD THING ACCORDING TO
HIS WIFE.
>> I CAN KEEP 4@UP WITH HIM AND
HE CAN KEEP UP WITH ME AND WE
HAVE BIKED MORE THAN WE HAVE IN
THE PAST. 4@
>> Host: CHRIS RAN HIS FIRST
MARATHON.
>>4@ IT'S AMAZING. THAT IS A GO
>> Host: CHRIS RAN HIS FIRST MARATHON. >>4@ IT'S AMAZING. THAT IS A GO@
I SAID WHEN I GOT OUT OF
SPAULDING.
>> Host: MORE IMPORTANTLY4@, AL
SAYS CHRIS DID NOT 4@LOSE WHO H
WAS AT HIS CORE.4@
>> CHRIS IS STILL HIMSELF BUT
NOT ON STEROIDS.
HE IS THE MOST KIND AND CARING @
PERSON I KNOW.
HE IS A GENUINE SOUL4@ THAT LOV
HE IS THE MOST KIND AND CARING @ PERSON I KNOW. HE IS A GENUINE SOUL4@ THAT LOV@
AND CARES ABOUT PEOPLE AND DOES
NOT WISH ILL WILL ON ANYONE4@.
NOT THAT MOST PEOPLE WISH ILL
WILL ON EACH OTHER, BUT HE IS
DEEPLY A KIND PERSON.4@
>> Host: THE LAST CHANGES OF
THE INJURY 4@ARE ONES THE COUPL
DEEPLY A KIND PERSON.4@ >> Host: THE LAST CHANGES OF THE INJURY 4@ARE ONES THE COUPL@
ARE TRYING TO WELCOME.
>> HE CRIES MORE THAN HE 4@USED
TO AND IS A LITTLE BIT MORE
EMOTIONAL.
>> I JUMBLE WORDS SOMETIMES4@.
>> CHRIS' 4@VOICE IS DIFFERENT
AND MAY NEVER BE THE SAME.
OF ALL THE THINGS THAT COULD
CHANGE, FOR THAT TO BE THE
CHANGE THAT HAS STUCK, THAT IS
OKAY.
>> Host: LUCKY FOR ALEX4@, CHRI
DID NOT LOSE HIS DANCE MOVES. 4@
>> HE HAS ALWAYS WANTED TO MAKE
A DIFFERENCE IN PEOPLE'S LIVES.
IN BOTH BIG WAYS AND IN 4@SMALL
WAYS.
>> HOST:'S RECOVERY HAS BEEN
LONG WITH BUMPS ALONG THE WAY.4
>> IT'S IMPORTANT TO GRIEVE AND
IMPORTANT TO SIT WITH WHAT HAS
BEEN LOST AND TO ACKNOWLEDGE IT
4@
IMPORTANT TO SIT WITH WHAT HAS BEEN LOST AND TO ACKNOWLEDGE IT IS DIFFICULT.
SOME THINGS WILL NEVER BE THE
SAME.
>> Host: CHRIS SAYS THAT BY
LOSING EVERYTHING, HE HAS FOUND
HIMSELF.
>> I AGREE WITH EVERY
HEALTHCARE PROFESSIONAL THAT I
WAS EXPOSED TO AT BOTH
SPAULDING AND BOISE.
IT 4@REALLY MADE ME 4@WANT TO H
OTHERS LIKE THEY HELPED ME.4@4@
>> Host: CHRIS HAS MADE A
CAREER SHIFT AND IS WORKING TO
BECOME A NURSE HIMSELF.4@ 4@
>> YOUR BRAIN DOES NOT RECOVER
LIKE OTHER PARTS OF YOUR BODY
AND PATIENCE IS EVERYTHING.
LIFE MAY BE DIFFERENT, BUT I
THINK SOMETHING THAT