The Blink of an Eye: A Memoir of Dying - and Learning How to Live Again (eBook)

Rikke Schmidt Kjaergaard (Autor)

eBook Download: EPUB

2019
240 Seiten
The Experiment, LLC (Verlag)
978-1-61519-572-5 (ISBN)

Infos

Acclaimed by Bill Bryson as “spellbinding and harrowing,” the story of one woman’s dramatic recovery from life-threatening illness At the age of 38, Danish scientist Rikke Schmidt Kjærgaard is struck down by an acute bout of bacterial meningitis. Weeks later, she wakes from a coma in intensive care to find herself “locked in,” unable to show she is conscious except by blinking her eyes. Despite a mere 5 percent chance of survival, she makes a miraculous recovery and returns to the world—painfully learning how to breathe, move, eat, and speak again, even resume her work as a scientist. The Blink of an Eye is a celebration of love, family, and every little thing that matters when life is in the balance—by a writer uniquely positioned to describe the journey from death back to life.

Autor

Rikke Schmidt Kjaergaard, PhD, is a scientist, mother, and cofounder of Graphicure, which develops software to help patients understand their conditions and manage treatment. She has held positions at Cambridge, Harvard Medical School, and Aarhaus University. She was a member of the Young Academy at the Royal Danish Academy of Sciences and Letters.Bill Bryson is the New York Times–bestselling author of several books.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 14.5.2019
• Vorwort: Bill Bryson
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Literatur ► Romane / Erzählungen
• Schlagworte: Beating the Odds • Bill Bryson • brain • brain on fire • Care • caregiver • Coma • Copenhagen • Denmark • Diving Bell and the Butterfly • Dying • flatline • Health • ICU • Illness • locked in • Medical • Memoir • Meningitis • Miracle • near-death experience • physical therapy • rehabilitation center • Surgery • When Breath Becomes Air
• ISBN-10: 1-61519-572-6 / 1615195726
• ISBN-13: 978-1-61519-572-5 / 9781615195725