Wednesday, August 26, 2009
Communication
In class today we discussed events where you could not understand a person you were talking to and how they felt. I failed to tell my group that when my mother was in her last days she lost her voice completely. She was talking through a traeche for almost a year and her voice eventually gave out. When she needed something she would try to speak but I could not understand her which made her upset. She could not write because she was too sick and shakey. I remember her crying because all she wanted was for someone to understand her. I felt awful. She motioned to me however that she loved me which made me feel a liitle better. It is hard trying to guess what a person needs and wants especially when the person has no way of communicating at all.
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Wow! That is kind of sad, I can't even imagine watching a family member go through something like that...I don't think I wouldbe strong enough to do that. That does make you think though like how people that are stuck in these bodies that have no way of communicating. I saw kids like that in my High School. THey had support staff with them, but they were restrained to wheel chairs and really had no means of communicating. Everytime I was them I felt so bad, and just imagined how hard it must be for their families, their parents particularly. To have a child and tthen not be able to communicate with them, it really must suck! I am so sorry for that situation, it sounds awful, if you ever want to talk, I am always here...I don't know how much that really helps, but hopefully it does.
ReplyDeleteI agree it is very difficult to watch a loved one suffer. I can't imagine anything more difficult that I have experienced in my life than this. It is critical to in some small way find the blessings that are tucked into each day in order to deal with the devastation that does exist.
ReplyDeleteFor people who are nonverbal there is not incredible technology that can be used to communicate thoughts, feelings, emotions, ideas or completel language. We will learn all about it and get to explore it in a hands-on way when we do our "field trip" to the Bluegrass Technology Center in Lexington!
Cathy
Oh my gosh! I am sorry to hear what you had to go through. That must have really been tough! I would not have known how to communicate either. I kind of felt like that the other day in class when we had to alphabetize ourselves without speaking. Some people were using sign language to indicate the first letter of their name, but I do not even know sign language! It is very frustrating not being able to communicate. I actually thought about changing my major to communication disorders so I could maybe help people in the future with their communication problems.
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