by Jolene | Mar 23, 2011 | In Children, PTSD
Can You Imagine Infant Surgery Without Anesthesia? Warning! This post is not for the faint at heart! At best, it will show you how far pediatric surgery has advanced since the 1950s. At worst, it will make you sick to think of the trauma endured by tens of thousands...
by Jolene | May 7, 2010 | Prevention/Treatment, PTSD
For 26 years, my son lived with PTSD caused by early medical surgeries and invasive procedures. Since was successfully treated at the Intensive Trauma Therapy Institute in December of 2008, I’ve been researching the topic. There’s good news and bad news...
by Jolene | Mar 12, 2010 | In Children, PTSD
A recent radio interview with Dr. John Rich caught my ear the other day. He was explaining why he wrote the book, Wrong Place, Wrong Time. After watching young black men stream through Boston City Hospital’s ER with gunshot and knife wounds, he started...
by Jolene | Nov 25, 2009 | Books and Resources, PTSD
For the past few weeks, National Public Radio (NPR) has been airing a series called The Impact of War. While listening to several episodes that described the symptoms of PTSD in returning vets, the similarities to our son Allen’s PTSD symptoms (caused by early,...
by Jolene | Oct 9, 2009 | Prevention/Treatment, PTSD
A few weeks ago Claire Shackelford interviewed me about A Different Dream for My Child. While we talked, I thought about the double whammy military wives with special needs children deal with every day. My only desire was to encourage the moms as they care for their...