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The doctors said:
- Diabetic Neuropathy
-Multiple Sclerosis
-Idiopathic Neuropathy
-Kaposi's Sarcoma (Cancer)
-Aids
-CVA (Stroke)
-Conversion Reaction
-Hysteria
-Obesity
-Something from Cows
- Helicobacter
And finally
-Guillain Barré Syndrome or
-CIDP (Chronic Idiopathic Demyelinating Polyneuropathy)
Readers say:
- A great book
- Vast array of emotions
- Touches the heart deeply
- Like a roller coaster
What if . . .
. . . you are driving your new car to get an ice cream cone and suddenly you cannot lift your foot from the gas pedal? Then your feet tangle with each other as you struggle to reach the brake? You manage eventually to stop in a parking lot. Nothing is wrong with you. The car has engineering defects.
You can't get out of your car . . . ?
You try to get out of the car, but you have trouble finding the door handle. What do you do with it when you find it? Your wife gets your ice cream, helps you to the passenger side, and drives you home.
You're standing in molten lava!
You decide to take a short walk to the end of the street to limber your legs, which are feeling tired and stiff, as well as hot. It's been a busy day, and you're tired. When you reach the turn-around point, you can no longer drop one foot in front of the other. You feel every bump in the pavement through your shoes. The bumps hurt the soles of your feet. Pain doesn't usually bother you, but this is unberable! You lean on your wife, who suddenly won't leave your side long enough for you to take a little walk.
You collapse through your front door!
You reach the front door and collapse onto the living room floor. She and your daughter drag you on a blanket to the side of the bed; after much struggling, the three of you manage to roll you up and over into the bed.
"I'll be okay."
You lose your body parts:
You cannot feed yourself or find your body parts to go to the bathroom. You cannot touch the top of your head with your hand. You know you have not had a stroke. Can anyone determine the cause of your paralysis? There are too many sore throats, stomach aches, and high blood pressures for doctors to concentrate on your histrionics . . . . Your wife is becoming hysterical, but the doctors say you'll be fine.
It could never happen to YOU!
Guillain Barré Syndrome is the conflicting force in this riveting series of events. GBS and forces more lethal, more menacing.
What on EARTH is going on?
Solomon's Porch a simple, elegant, and engaging novel, which critics consider sensitive yet constrained, will make you laugh and cry as you stay awake all night to read it. Some people read it and immediately reread it. Most find something in it that reminds them of their own lives even, though the disease process is rare.
Have you ever thought you were dying?
Or been sick and thought you would never survive? Have you ever reached the point where you had to trust God for your next breath? Have you ever devoted your whole self to taking care of a person you loved? Do you wonder what kinds of books local authors write?
You owe it to yourself. Read . . .
Solomon's Porch!
''From Solomon's Porch:"Ben, I have gas in the car. The suitcases are packed! I stopped by the ATM. We're going to Ochsner's this morning." "No, we're not! Dr. Merriweather said I'd be all right here as an outpatient. She said I could go somewhere, but it's not necessary. I don't think she saw any point in it. She's treating me. I have to be loyal to my doctor. I can't undermine her." |
More from Solomon's Porch:"Will you sue?" Dr. Phillips asked. "We don't sue people," Rose said. "Furthermore we could never be angry at anyone who tried to help. I'm upset when doctors fail to treat. I tolerate wrong decisions much more than I tolerate apathy." "I understand. That's good," Dr. Phillips said. Ben said, "Three or four doctors have told me I should sue and that I would have a strong case. They told me this without any prompting from me." |
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WARNING: This book is not a bedtime story. Solomon's Porch will cost you a night's sleep if you start it at bedtime. You won't be able to work the next day.
Solomon's Porch
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Solomon's Porch is must reading for a person suffering an extended illness, any person caring for another family member suffering a debilitating illness, anyone who has a family member in the hospital, one experiencing grief, and any person who wants to gain new insight into the world of the handicapped.
You won't forget this story!
