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To: Nachum

This reminds me of book, “The Diving Bell and the Butterfly” a true story by journalist Jean-Dominique Bauby who decribed his life is like after suffering a massive stroke that left him with a condition called locked-in syndrome. Bauby, the editor-in-chief of Elle magazine, suffered a stroke and lapsed into a coma. He awoke 20 days later, mentally aware of his surroundings but physically paralyzed with the exception of some movement in his head and eyes (one of which had to be sewn up due to an irrigation problem). The entire book was written by Bauby blinking his left eyelid, which took ten months (four hours a day)


2 posted on 07/14/2010 9:11:24 PM PDT by Antioch (Benedikt Gott Geschickt)
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To: Antioch

The will to survive. Powerful.


3 posted on 07/14/2010 9:15:36 PM PDT by cubreporter ( Trust Rush and you won't go wrong.)
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To: Antioch

All the more reason to learn Morse code.

Wink-wi-wink-wi Wink-wink-wi-wink.


4 posted on 07/14/2010 9:16:11 PM PDT by QBFimi (When gunpowder speaks, beasts listen.)
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To: Antioch
Great movie with a similar plot called Johnny Got His Gun about a World War I soldier with severe head injuries.
5 posted on 07/14/2010 9:20:33 PM PDT by ProtectOurFreedom
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To: Antioch

I was going to make the same observation.

I saw the movie for the first time about a week ago. Pretty amazing.


6 posted on 07/14/2010 9:21:31 PM PDT by Tex-Con-Man
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