#156 - The Doctor is not the only Authority

2023-02-07

#156 - The Doctor is not the only Authority Timing the Rehab Hospital Discharge for SCI patients The lifelong effects of SCI highlight how fragile life is and how deeply interdependent we are. And, in the case of the person living with a SCI, getting basic needs met necessitates relying on others, and interdependence takes on a whole new dimension. The transition home from the hospital or rehab facility cannot be rushed. SCI survival depends on having a suitable home and trained care team. The hospital te...

#156 - The Doctor is not the only Authority

Timing the Rehab Hospital Discharge for SCI patients

The lifelong effects of SCI highlight how fragile life is and how deeply interdependent we are. And, in the case of the person living with a SCI, getting basic needs met necessitates relying on others, and interdependence takes on a whole new dimension. The transition home from the hospital or rehab facility cannot be rushed. SCI survival depends on having a suitable home and trained care team. The hospital team may not realize what it takes for families to put this together and families may need to negotiate for more time. Families can look inward to another authority guiding them through this life change and timing decisions– and that is getting in touch with the inner authority. This affects how you know when the time is right, how you know when you have the right care team, how you communicate your goals to medical practitioners, and also how you can access hope. Take a moment, drop into your inner-knowing and join us to learn what it meant for Louise and how that might inspire your own decision making and healing process. Here we go.

In this episode:

Price Campbell, one of Archer’s dear high school friends from McDonogh School in Baltimore who was one of the friends to come visit Archer at Shepherd. Hear about Price’s visit when she was just 16 years old, her fears, and what sparked some much-needed ease and a moment of lightness and restoration everyone involved.

Blink of an Eye is created by Louise Phipps Senft and co-produced by Louise Phipps Senft and Zera Bloom. Theme music is by Victoria Vox.

Blink of an Eye Podcast is sponsored by the Blink of an Eye Non Profit: a non-profit created as a national resource to help change the Spinal Cord Injury experience for families and medical teams across the U.S. Blink of an Eye provides a national team of SCI specialized doctors for expert opinions in the Golden Hours of SCI injury, a Multidisciplinary Family Support & Navigation Team for SCI families lead by SCI families for the first 30 days of crisis, and a National Resource Library of essential SCI information and trauma informed responses for the first hours and days after injury specialized for families, friends and SCI medical staff. Blink of an Eye also offers a Registry of Medically Unexpected SCI Recoveries. To find out more, visit www.blinkofaneye.org and donate to their Launch Campaign at www.givebutter.com/blinkofaneye

To find out more about Louise and this podcast, visit the websites www.blinkofaneyepodcast.com and www.BeingRelational.com.

To find out more about learning relational mediation skills for navigating hospital and medical conflict and trauma, visit the website www.BaltimoreMediation.com.

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Music in this episode is:

Dream Guitar by Frank Schroeter

https://filmmusic.io/song/7759-dream-guitar

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Ethereal Meditative Piano by MusicLFiles

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Heartfelt Tears by MusicLFiles