Oh! I am curious with the consitency of the story with the illnesses that follow after spinal injury. Could you enlighten us if you dont mind please?!
Gladly! What would you like to know exactly? English is not my mother language
It's ok :)
Does the end of the spine really bleed often by spinal injury?!
Well..no, what bleeds is the bedsore (but if it does bleed then you did something you shouldn't). In the spinal unit they rarely end having bedsores, but at home they must pay attention. In the hospital when they are in bed we change position every 4 hours (yes, the night too!!) that's because they can't feel pain and compression (that's why they can get bedsores), when they are in wheelchair if they are lucky (good skin, good hydration, good meals) they can stay 9 hours, but not more than that!! The male MC here stays TOO MUCH in the wheelchair, that's why he gets bedsores..that's being thoughtless for a paraplegic in real life.. The location of the bedsores is incorrect, when you stay too much time in wheelchair you will have a bedspread the end of the butt xD , not at the end of the back (that are the ones you got when you stay in bed and don't change position).
Feel free to ask, it's a microspecialist even among us nurses so it's not common knowledge even for my kind
Woooow! I learned so much and it all makes sense! Thank you so much it was really interesting....I feel sorry that they have to shift every 4 hours, must be tough! T.T
I'm glad it helped! Yeah, it's really tough for them, expecially at night. It's also tough for their parents or partner, waking up at night. And if maybe you can shift position at night without waking them up..they wake up for sure when they have to empty their bladder, with a catheter, at least every 6 hours (at night we suggest them doing it at 24 and then at 6 a.m.)
As you can see, being not able to move it's only a little part of it..
There are many things that make their life difficult
That's true...this is so sad. :(
Well this is so close to my experience! Except my father didn't accepted us, but if he did...he would in THAT way. THAT was the thing to understand. I think the author made a wonderful job at that. Some things about spinal injuries were not completely correct (i'm a nurse in a spinal unit so I know), but she did a beautiful job even portraing the disease