The Resource Ghost boy : the miraculous escape of a misdiagnosed boy trapped inside his own body, Martin Pistorius
Ghost boy : the miraculous escape of a misdiagnosed boy trapped inside his own body, Martin Pistorius
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- Summary
- January 1988, Martin Pistorius, aged twelve, 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 an unknown degenerative disease left him with the mind of a baby and less than two years to live. Martin was moved to care centers for severely disabled children. The stress and heartache shook his parents' marriage and their family to the core. Their boy was gone. Or so they thought. "Ghost Boy "is the heart-wrenching story of one boy's return to life through the power of love and faith. In these pages, readers see a parent's resilience, the consequences of misdiagnosis, abuse at the hands of cruel caretakers, and the unthinkable duration of Martin's mental alertness betrayed by his lifeless body. We also see a life reclaimed, a business created, and a new love kindled
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- xi, 276 pages
- Contents
-
- Counting time
- The deep
- Coming up for air
- The box
- Virna
- Awakening
- My parents
- Changes
- The beginning and the end
- Day by day
- The wretch
- Life and death
- My mother
- Other worlds
- Fried egg
- I tell a secret
- The bite
- The furies
- Peacock feathers
- Daring to dream
- Secrets
- Out of the cocoon
- An offer I can't refuse
- A leap forward
- Standing in the sea
- She returns
- The party
- Henk and Arrietta
- The healer
- Escaping the cage
- The speech
- A new world
- The laptop
- The counselor
- Memories
- Lurking in plain sight
- Fantasies
- A new friend
- Will he ever learn?
- GD and Mimi
- Loving life and livinglLove
- Worlds collide
- Strangers
- Everything changes
- Meeting Mickey?
- The real me
- A lion's heart
- I tell her
- Sugar and salt
- Falling
- Climbing
- The ticket
- Coming home
- Together
- I can't choose
- Fred and Ginger
- Leaving
- A fork in the road
- Confessions
- Up, up, and Away
- Saying goodbye
- Letting go
- A new life
- Waiting
- Isbn
- 9781400205837
- Label
- Ghost boy : the miraculous escape of a misdiagnosed boy trapped inside his own body
- Title
- Ghost boy
- Title remainder
- the miraculous escape of a misdiagnosed boy trapped inside his own body
- Statement of responsibility
- Martin Pistorius
- Subject
-
- trueLife stories -- Facing adversity | Medical issues
- truePeople with locked-in syndrome -- Biography
- trueBrain -- Diseases
- Mutism -- Anecdotes
- Communicative disorders -- Patients | Education
- Communication devices for people with disabilities
- trueCommunication and technology
- Communicative disorders in children -- Patients -- South Africa -- Biography
- trueScience Writing -- Medicine
- Pistorius, Martin, 1975- -- Health
- trueLocked-in syndrome
- truePistorius, Martin, 1975-
- trueAutobiographies and memoirs
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- January 1988, Martin Pistorius, aged twelve, 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 an unknown degenerative disease left him with the mind of a baby and less than two years to live. Martin was moved to care centers for severely disabled children. The stress and heartache shook his parents' marriage and their family to the core. Their boy was gone. Or so they thought. "Ghost Boy "is the heart-wrenching story of one boy's return to life through the power of love and faith. In these pages, readers see a parent's resilience, the consequences of misdiagnosis, abuse at the hands of cruel caretakers, and the unthinkable duration of Martin's mental alertness betrayed by his lifeless body. We also see a life reclaimed, a business created, and a new love kindled
- Summary
- Describes the author's ten year ordeal of how, after suffering a bout of meningitis, he was thought to be in a vegetative state, and eventually, through the help of his family, regains his powers of communication and becomes independent
- Biography type
- autobiography
- http://library.link/vocab/ext/novelist/bookUI
- 10034541
- Cataloging source
- DLC
- Dewey number
-
- 362.19685/50092
- B
- Illustrations
- illustrations
- Index
- no index present
- LC call number
- RJ496.C67
- LC item number
- P57 2013
- Literary form
- non fiction
- http://library.link/vocab/resourcePreferred
- True
- Target audience
- adult
- http://bibfra.me/vocab/lite/titleRemainder
- my escape from a life locked inside my own body
- Label
- Ghost boy : the miraculous escape of a misdiagnosed boy trapped inside his own body, Martin Pistorius
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Counting time -- The deep -- Coming up for air -- The box -- Virna -- Awakening -- My parents -- Changes -- The beginning and the end -- Day by day -- The wretch -- Life and death -- My mother -- Other worlds -- Fried egg -- I tell a secret -- The bite -- The furies -- Peacock feathers -- Daring to dream -- Secrets -- Out of the cocoon -- An offer I can't refuse -- A leap forward -- Standing in the sea -- She returns -- The party -- Henk and Arrietta -- The healer -- Escaping the cage -- The speech -- A new world -- The laptop -- The counselor -- Memories -- Lurking in plain sight -- Fantasies -- A new friend -- Will he ever learn? -- GD and Mimi -- Loving life and livinglLove -- Worlds collide -- Strangers -- Everything changes -- Meeting Mickey? -- The real me -- A lion's heart -- I tell her -- Sugar and salt -- Falling -- Climbing -- The ticket -- Coming home -- Together -- I can't choose -- Fred and Ginger -- Leaving -- A fork in the road -- Confessions -- Up, up, and Away -- Saying goodbye -- Letting go -- A new life -- Waiting
- Control code
- 20169394
- Dimensions
-
- illustrations :
- 21 cm
- Extent
- xi, 276 pages
- Isbn
- 9781400205837
- Isbn Type
- (alk. paper)
- Lccn
- 2013024265
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- System control number
-
- (OCoLC)ocn861754852
- (OCoLC)861754852
- Label
- Ghost boy : the miraculous escape of a misdiagnosed boy trapped inside his own body, Martin Pistorius
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Counting time -- The deep -- Coming up for air -- The box -- Virna -- Awakening -- My parents -- Changes -- The beginning and the end -- Day by day -- The wretch -- Life and death -- My mother -- Other worlds -- Fried egg -- I tell a secret -- The bite -- The furies -- Peacock feathers -- Daring to dream -- Secrets -- Out of the cocoon -- An offer I can't refuse -- A leap forward -- Standing in the sea -- She returns -- The party -- Henk and Arrietta -- The healer -- Escaping the cage -- The speech -- A new world -- The laptop -- The counselor -- Memories -- Lurking in plain sight -- Fantasies -- A new friend -- Will he ever learn? -- GD and Mimi -- Loving life and livinglLove -- Worlds collide -- Strangers -- Everything changes -- Meeting Mickey? -- The real me -- A lion's heart -- I tell her -- Sugar and salt -- Falling -- Climbing -- The ticket -- Coming home -- Together -- I can't choose -- Fred and Ginger -- Leaving -- A fork in the road -- Confessions -- Up, up, and Away -- Saying goodbye -- Letting go -- A new life -- Waiting
- Control code
- 20169394
- Dimensions
-
- illustrations :
- 21 cm
- Extent
- xi, 276 pages
- Isbn
- 9781400205837
- Isbn Type
- (alk. paper)
- Lccn
- 2013024265
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- System control number
-
- (OCoLC)ocn861754852
- (OCoLC)861754852
Subject
- trueAutobiographies and memoirs
- trueBrain -- Diseases
- trueCommunication and technology
- Communication devices for people with disabilities
- Communicative disorders -- Patients | Education
- Communicative disorders in children -- Patients -- South Africa -- Biography
- trueLife stories -- Facing adversity | Medical issues
- trueLocked-in syndrome
- Mutism -- Anecdotes
- truePeople with locked-in syndrome -- Biography
- truePistorius, Martin, 1975-
- Pistorius, Martin, 1975- -- Health
- trueScience Writing -- Medicine
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