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∎ Read Gratis Ghost Boy Martin Pistorius with Megan Lloyd Davies Martin Pistorius 9780857203311 Books

Ghost Boy Martin Pistorius with Megan Lloyd Davies Martin Pistorius 9780857203311 Books



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In January 1988, aged twelve, Martin Pistorius fell inexplicably sick. First he lost his voice and stopped eating; then he slept constantly and shunned human contact. Doctors were mystified. Within eighteen months he was mute and wheelchair-bound. Martin's parents were told that an unknown degenerative disease had left him with the mind of a baby and he probably had less than two years to live. Martin went on to be cared for at centres for severely disabled children, a shell of the bright, vivacious boy he had once been. What no-one knew is that while Martin's body remained unresponsive his mind slowly woke up, yet he could tell no-one; he was a prisoner inside a broken body. Then, in 1998, when Martin was twenty-three years old, an aromatherapy masseuse began treating him and sensed some part of him was alert. Experts were dismissive, but his parents persevered and soon realised their son was as intelligent as he'd always been. With no memory of the time before his illness, Martin was

Ghost Boy Martin Pistorius with Megan Lloyd Davies Martin Pistorius 9780857203311 Books

So many books are so poorly written that reading them is drudgery for me. I'm an avid reader, but I find myself putting quite a few books back on the shelf after the first few chapters. Mr. Pastorius grabbed my attention on page one and kept it through the acknowledgements at the end. I still can't stop thinking about him. I've been an RN for many years. This book made me question my attitude toward many patients who've been in my care. I'm kind and compassionate, for sure, but could I have missed something with some of my most debilitated patients? For at least one of them was there a keen intellect, hidden by a silent, twisted body? This book makes me wonder.

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