Brain on Fire: My Month of Madness by Susannah Cahalan

Author:Susannah Cahalan
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Tags: Biography & Autobiography, Medical, Personal Memoirs, Azizex666, Diseases
ISBN: 9781451621372
Publisher: Free Press
Published: 2012-11-13T05:00:00+00:00

It was Easter weekend. On Saturday, the surgeon’s head nurse arrived to describe the preparation for the brain surgery. She seemed upbeat and managed to make the biopsy sound routine. This did not quell my father’s fears. As she described where they were going to shave my head—the front part above my right forehead about four inches in toward the crown—I listened impassively, and my dad was impressed by my dignity. It was only later that night that I began to break down. Seeing me upset made my dad cry too. Then he heard me laughing.

“You look funny when you cry,” I giggled. Suddenly we were both laughing and crying. Through his tears, he reminded me of our motto.

“What’s the slope of the line?”

“Um.” I couldn’t remember the answer.

“Positive. And what does that mean?”

“Um.” I moved my arm upward, indicating progress.

“Right. Getting better every day.”

The next day was Easter morning, and my dad brought me an Easter basket, the same basket he had given to me since I was a child, filled with chocolates and jellybeans. He was delighted to see me looking like a kid again, eyes wide, ready to pounce on the candy.

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