Looking Back on Illness
This Ted Talk was about a man named Sanford Hane who was in high school when he was diagnosed with Guillain Barre Syndrome. He woke up one day and had tingling in one of his feet. Each day when he woke up, the symptoms just kept getting worse. Finally he was admitted into the hospital. He stayed in the ICU for 7 days. For those 7 days, he was on a ventilator because he cold not breathe on his own. Once his lung capacity and chest muscles were strong enough to support independent breathing, he was transferred to another hospital where he stayed for 4 months receiving all different kinds of therapy.
After he got released from the hospital, his friends were getting ready to go to college, while he was still recovering. He was feeling sorry for himself at first, but then he thought back to the time where he wasn't even able to breathe on his own. After that point, he felt gratitude and was insanely happy to just be alive. Although his life didn't turn out like he had originally planned, he was thankful to be alive and to have such supportive family and friends that were with him through it all.
He stated that he was on the spinal cord injury floor, and he was one of the only ones who went back to their normal life after. He said he is the only one that got to walk out of that hospital and that he was extremely grateful for his doctors, nurses, and therapists for pushing him to his full potential.
When we were learning about GBS in class, I knew I wanted to learn more about and see first hand how it can effect someone's life. I strongly recommend this Ted Talk to others. It is a great representation of how we should never take anything for granted, even the small things in life are not promised.
Link for the Ted Talk follows:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pzmx6bZXRHo
Source:
Talks, T. (2017, August 15). Retrieved August 09, 2019, from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pzmx6bZXRHo
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