Sam OT, Preethi OT intern and I visited several persons with disabilities over the past few days.\u00a0 It is interesting, one young man with quadrapelegia – good looking kid about 21 years old, 2 years after a road traffic accident, is so unmotivated and content to lie on his bed.\u00a0 He had a couple of cell phones he looked at, hot dark room, fan not on\u2026only a shirt on and a towel over his bottom (lying on his stomach) in a filthy room.\u00a0 Sam OT really gave him a what for about getting up, going to rehab, getting a job\u2026 He said it hurt too much to sit up. Don\u2019t know if Sam will be able to motivate him but what a depressing\u00a0lifestyle.<\/p>\n
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Another man, about 40 years old, also had a spinal cord injury from a road traffic accident.\u00a0 He has a small hut with dirt floor but at least he can pull himself in and out with his arms.\u00a0 He has several small children that a neighbor comes and cares for while his wife does coolie work in the fields.\u00a0 I can\u2019t even imagine what life must be like just sitting day after day.\u00a0 He has a beautiful spot to sit\u2026looking a the hills, near a stream, banana trees and fields all around but I am afraid it is not much of a life.<\/p>\n
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Today I made the trip to\u00a0Darjeeling.\u00a0 I have so been looking forward to this but it was a tough journey\u20262 \u00bd hour cab ride from Vellore to Chennai\u2026plane to\u00a0Calcutta then a second flight on to Bagdogra.\u00a0 Then I had another one of those \u201cadventures\u201d, I took a shared jeep (guidebooks recommend-they are wrong but one more thing checked off of my \u201cI think I\u2019ll try that\u201d list).\u00a0 I shared the jeep with 12 other people (ok, one was a small child but still, that\u2019s a lot of people in one jeep) for 3 and one half hours(!!) around hairpin turns and steep drop offs on the roadsides.\u00a0 I was in the very back seat-shared the bench seat with 3 men.\u00a0 The seat had been well used, there was almost no padding and I spent most of the time holding on with my fingertips of my left hand and bracing myself with my right leg so I didn\u2019t fall over on the guy next to me..my bottom was so sore!<\/p>\n
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Amanda and I came to\u00a0Darjeeling 5 years ago so I had good memories but tonight I am so done.\u00a0 I can handle most anything but dirty sheets on the bed.\u00a0 Tonight there is no top sheet-just supposed to put the comfort over me\u2026 I can\u2019t stand this.\u00a0 I am going to sleep wrapped in a shawl and will go in the morning and buy a big blanket to sleep in.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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