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| Barb PolanBarb's Recovery |
Tom and I watched a DVD recently and it continues to haunt me. It was called "Life. Support. Music." and was about a 35-year-old guitarist who had a hemmorhagic stroke during a gig. He was in New York City at the time and he got excellent care from the beginning, including rehab at Spaulding in Boston, where I was. His stroke was absolutely incapacitating (he was unable to sit by himself, to speak, hear or even close his mouth) and - get this - his wife was a few months pregnant when it happened. Now when Tom's a bit overwhelmed about the care he has to provide me, I say, "It could be worse - you could be pregnant." The amazing thing about the film is the guitarist's family - his parents, sister and wife all took constant care of him and worked full-time to stimulate Jason so that he would come back. And he did come back - he returned as the talented sought-after (the film included Norah Jones and other musicians talking about the void left in the NYC music scene with Jason gone) guitarist he was before the stroke. It makes my desire to touch-type again seem like a lowly goal. He ended up having a daughter while he was in recovery and, although he missed her birth ( a Caesarian), his wife makes a joke about the first time the three of them were together, she was hoping it was the last and only time all three of them would be in diapers at the same time.
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