Hello Kakko-chan, My name is Shinji and this is my first email correspondence with you. My wife went into a coma from subarachnoid hemorrhage at the age of 35. She suffered a massive hemorrhage and the doctor warned me to expect that she would stay in a vegetated state. Then I learned about Snow White Project from a friend, and I have been visiting and doing rehabilitation for my wife every day after work, commuting for 40 minutes to the hospital. The doctor says to me over and over that a damaged brain would not recover. What he says is totally different from what you have been saying. The doctor’s stance is incongruous to yours and mine. I believe that she will recover, and it can happen right in front of those who are convinced that she would not recover, those who have given her up. It requires a lot of courage for me to hold on to the conviction that she will recover. Kakko-chan, you are strong. We’ve been married only for two years. Before we got married, we had dated for 12 years. During those 12 years, we broke up several times, but I never gave her up. That’s how we got married. That’s how we got blessed to share our lives together. Just as you did, Kakko, I sang “Mantenno Hoshi” many times to my wife. I wondered how it happened — that, in this time and space, my wife and I would be sharing our lives together. When she went into a coma, I felt that God made it happen so that I could be with her. Why me? Because I am the one who can heal her. Kakko-chan, I am grateful that I met you, and through you, I have come to trust that I can be with her and heal her and not give up. That’s why I sing the song to her, crying. I will not give up no matter how much the doctor says my endeavor is pointless. I talk to her every day, telling her everything will be all right. I help her sit upright even though the doctor and nurses say to me, “We are not responsible for any accident, you know.” Just as you said, Kakko-chan, something is happening with my wife. She opens her eyes, signals with her eyes, and her body is starting to move. I’ve been reading your email magazine attentively, and given what I read, I am even considering switching the facility. Hurrah to Kakko-chan! Hurrah to Miya-pu! We will walk behind you. And look, there are many more behind us. ーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーー What is Snow White project ? It is said that there are hundreds of thousands of people who suffer from locked-in syndrome in the world. They look unconscious and are considered to have no chance of recovery. Until now, they have spent their whole life lying in bed. However, we have come to recognize that there is a way to regain consciousness and activities like eating, communicating, etc. This project is to glean and spread information on ways to recover (from locked-in syndrome) through communication methods, oral eating, rehabilitation, nursing care, etc. Everyone, even persons in locked-in state has a thought and has a way to recover. Our goal is to one day make this type of information common knowledge to us all. Snow White woke up with prince’s love. Like that, this project is filled with love. shirayukihime-project.net/en/index.html
Posted on: Sun, 13 Jul 2014 06:37:41 +0000
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