Meadow is a retired therapy dog, but this sweet little gal has helped so many young adults in the state hospital's psych ward.
One young adult, in particular, had been so introverted that the doctors weren't even sure if he could speak.
After Meadow visited him a few times, he opened up and spoke. He didn't say much, but it was a start. 👏
Meadow helped him so much that he was eventually released and able to return home.
The day the young man was released, he asked to see her again so he could thank her. It was a beautiful moment. 🥰
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Have a child with the stomach bug? Learn about the six products identified by Parent Magazine's Katrina Cossey that she used to provide relief and comfort to her son while treating a viral stomach bug at home, noting the Exergen Temporal Artery Thermometer as her favorite thermometer “because it’s accurate and simple to operate.”
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☕️ You can’t pour from an empty cup mama’s - I hope each of you were able to refill your cup in some fashion today!
🤔 If you’re struggling on where to start with this, let’s connect and chat about how health coaching could get you on your way to a fuller cup!
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It breaks my heart to create this post, but it is necessary. For years, I have spoken to many in law enforcement about the training officers receive when it comes to responding to someone who has a seizure. Not everyone who has epilepsy has tonic-clonic seizures. There are many different types of seizures that can cause different behaviors. They can become aggressive and not be able to respond to orders. Many officers do not understand this and can take dramatic steps that traumatize people having one or, worse, kill someone.
Sadly, that happened recently. Rhyker Earl suffered a seizure and was handcuffed and injected with ketamine. The family stated that officers restrained his legs, arms, and shoulders, pressing his face down in a pillow. Despite pleading with officers he couldn’t breathe, the officers remained on top of him, injecting him with ketamine.
This is not acceptable and action must be taken to educate officers and EMT’s about epilepsy. There are multiple types of epilepsy, multiple types of seizures, and this young man shouldn’t have lost his life. Attorney Ben Crump is representing the family and I hope this will be an eye opener that much more needs to be done to keep the epilepsy community safe.
Here is an article on what happened. There are many resources, such as CNN, which released the video showing what happened. I watched the video and it was very disturbing. I do not want to post it here.
Article link: https://lnkd.in/gdretriA
Living in San Bernardino County, I want the San Bernardino County Sheriff's Office to take note of what has happened and prevent it here. It is time for officers to have additional training and understand the complexity of epilepsy. Epilepsy is more than tonic-clonic seizures. It is time to advocate for everyone who has epilepsy. The Epilepsy Foundation of America and Epilepsy Alliance of America offer seizure first aid training. Please go to their sites and sign up today to receive seizure first aid training.
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Why talk about dying? It can be challenging to tell someone that care will be about comfort, not cure. However, death and dying conversations have key benefits to the person and their family.
Find out how to start these important conversations and what you can do to support the person and their family in our Introduction Module: Talking about death
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In our latest blog post, Jenny from Hampshire, shares her story about her daughter, Layla, who had to be put into an induced coma at 3 weeks old because of her struggle with whooping cough.
Read more: https://lnkd.in/dykx8aiC#WhoopingCough
Why Don't We Talk About Dying?
Dr Kathryn Mannix believes that by naming death, describing the process, and helping people to know what to expect, we can have honest, frank and helpful conversations that promote better planning of end of life care and reduce unnecessary and unhelpful medical complications of dying. Her hope is that we can de-medicalise dying, and give it back to everyone as a precious time to be lived as well as possible.
At The Life Review, we are on a mission to normalise conversations about death, dying, and bereavement through education and community engagement. We offer diverse platforms for dialogues, and empower the community with the knowledge and skills to navigate this inevitable aspect of life.
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