
Out of the Fog
When Pat Riggs suffered a brain-stem stroke, he was left paralyzed with his mental abilities and memory intact.
In the intensive care unit, Riggs and his wife, Jean, learned to communicate via a basic but effective method: blink once for no and twice for yes. They talked using this method for many weeks until a speech therapist at a nursing home found a more sophisticated method for him to express...
When Pat Riggs suffered a brain-stem stroke, he was left paralyzed with his mental abilities and memory intact.
In the intensive care unit, Riggs and his wife, Jean, learned to communicate via a basic but effective method: blink once for no and twice for yes. They talked using this method for many weeks until a speech therapist at a nursing home found a more sophisticated method for him to express...
