A patient's personal view of long term care.<br /><br />Seen through the eyes of a patient totally paralyzed with Guillain-Barr� syndrome, this moving book takes you through the psychological and physical pain of an eleven month hospital stay. BED NUMBER TEN reads like a compelling novel, but is entirely factual.<br /><br />You will meet:<br /><br />The ICU staff who learned to communicate with the paralyzed woman - and those who did not bother.<br /><br />The physicians whose visits left her baffled about her own case.<br /><br />The staff and physicians who spoke to her and others who did not recognize her presence.<br /><br />The nurse who tucked Sue tightly under the covers, unaware that she was soaking with perspiration.<br /><br />The nurse who took the time to feed her drop by drop, as she slowly learned how to swallow again.<br /><br />The physical therapist who could read her eyes and spurred her on to move again as if the battle were his own.<br /><br />In these pages, which
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