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Appearance as though in deep sleep
Appearance as though in deep sleep is the event with my TBI sister.
Visiting is uncomfortable. Let me explain. Barbara has caregivers 24/7. She is well care for, with love and attention. What is difficult as I do not know what is happening is that my sister after a usual nights sleep is brought into the living room. All comforts the care, music, food – the usual in a day to day.
However Barbara is completely withdrawn – into a deep silence. It takes the caregiver great effort to bring her up to nibble, then she retreats. She acknowledges nothing in the external, the social, the everyday.
The TBI is now in the 12 th year. At the beginning there was hope that she could do therapies and so forth however over time the withdrawel was incremental as though the inner self (spirit) is electing to retreat from ‘normal consciousness’ into a place that is safe an area beyond the brain beyond the body.
I feel that her body keeps alive because of good nutrients and care- as for her inner self – the self that had access to our world the self appears to have disconnected from the external. I get the impression she is in a deep coma eyes closed head down but she can be ‘awakened’ brought up to the surface, so to speak, to drink to eat to fuss for a few seconds…the down she drifts into her oblivion.
I know she is not in coma, the she is not sleeping because how can one sleep day and night and come up only for a few minutes now and then thus the impression that this is a conscious effort by spirit (soul) to disassociate with our ‘world’
Long note, yes, just don’t know what to do. When I go to visit I will take a book with me and just read at least I will be there as a presence that’s the best I can do with a situation that is formidable.
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I’m sorry it’s taken me so long to reply. I didn’t get a notification of your comment and I haven’t checked. I’m really sorry. I’m also extremely sorry about your sister. I honestly don’t know what to respond. I will ask around for you.
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