Posted by Dinah on December 6, 2006, at 13:37:27
In reply to Re: Unexpectedly Having to Face T's Mortality....?, posted by RN320 on December 4, 2006, at 22:55:46
I'm glad he's home, and I know it was a serious incident. But he's young and the brain is enormously resilient in the young.
I know this is in no way analogous, but I've got a little dog with what is apparently a genetic condition that kills off brain tissue. At least part of the left side of her brain is just gone. She isn't blind in the eye, but her brain can't process the information she receives so she's technically blind. She's also got a lot of proprioception (sp?) problems. The amazing thing is how much she's compensated in the reasonably short period of time she's had this problem. At first she was hiding in her cage all the time, and bumping into everything. Now you probably wouldn't notice anything was wrong unless someone told you. She's even starting her trademark behavior - flirting - again.
Don't despair quite yet. He's done remarkably well so far.
I have to say I admire your attitude so much. I always tell my therapist apologetically that while I care for him very much as a person, that my first and strongest reaction is that of a small child being told Mommy is sick. "What is this going to mean to my life? Who is going to keep me safe and take care of me?" It's dreadfully selfish, but I suppose it says a lot about the emotional age I'm in in connection with him.
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