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Seven years have passed since Alex Uihlein was treated at Children's Hospital, but Berde remembers him well. "He arrived in severe pain, essentially confined to a wheelchair, and if anyone moved his legs or touched them, he would cry and scream," Berde says. "He was withdrawn and just in very, very bad shape." Alex viewed Berde warily. "I was sick of dealing with doctors who didn't understand," Alex says now. But he found Berde different. For one thing, Berde listened. "He did understand," Alex says. "He believed in me, so I believed...
...first case, nor would it be the last, from Amish country. Curious about the nature and cause of Danny's cerebral palsy, Morton decided to visit him at the Lapps' home near Leola, Pa. Danny, who was six at the time, sat strapped to a wheelchair, his legs flailing, while his parents, John and Ida, told Morton about many Amish parents who had endured similar heartbreaks. Five years after Morton's first visit, Danny Lapp died of the disease...
...they met and chatted about the work they loved, for no more than an hour. Diana helped Mother Teresa rise from her wheelchair, and the two of them emerged from a private conversation holding hands, to be greeted by squealing children in a crowd. Diana, in a cream-colored linen suit, stood over her companion, in her sari, the way Billie Burke dwarfed the Munchkins in The Wizard of Oz. They were affectionate toward each other, put their faces close to each other. Mother Teresa clasped her palms together in the Indian namaste, signifying both hello and farewell. The princess...
BEFORE THE FALL Half of nursing-home residents take a spill each year. But common-sense safety measures such as lowering bedside access and using wheelchair seat belts can help cut harmful falls...
...maze of cosmic quandaries. As a teenager I had appreciated such certainties; as an adult I was tempted to make fun of them. My secular college professors had insisted that truth is always complicated, relative, but I still felt the tug of religious absolutism. Watching a woman in a wheelchair beside me earnestly punching up answers on her screen, I concluded I was not alone...