Re: [A-List] Donna Stainsby on the air

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I love Macdonald´s mom, too

Néstor Gorojovsky

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De: Macdonald Stainsby <mstainsby@xxxxxxxxx>
Fecha: Miércoles, Junio 6, 2007 3:18 pm
Asunto: [A-List] Donna Stainsby on the air

> Macdonald intro:
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> For those of you who don't know, I left Montréal almost two years ago
> now literally overnight to go home and deal with a mother who had
> suffered a brain aneurysm and resultant frontal lobe damage. She 
> was not
> supposed to live through the night when I arrived, then she did (she
> never has taken orders from anyone), we were told she would never 
> make a
> full enough recovery to take back her life. Many events along the way,
> including fighting a health system that would rather subsidize a fate
> worse than death, locking her in a home and more, and then she was
> almost fine-- fighting her way through a debilitating brain 
> injury. I
> took her home and told the system to bugger off, and we went about
> recovery at her apartment where she belongs.
> 
> Now, she is living her own life, making her own decisions and is back,
> more than ever before, reminding me why I am so damn lucky and
> privileged to be her son. I have moved away to Edmonton to work on
> tarsands politics, and talk with her several times a week-- she is
> proving the victory of life, chances taken, and the defeat of 
> defeatism.
> Now, there are many other people fighting similar battles, with all
> sorts of experts telling them not to try and do this or that, to 
> acceptthat they are "special" now, and generally taking away their
> independence. A friend here in Edmonton was working on a radio show
> hosted by a stroke survivor about the dangers of the system set up to
> help the brain injured. My mother graciously was willing to do an
> interview and is a part of the struggle for a world of dignity 
> again. If
> you want to hear the words of a true survivor and fighter, it's to be
> live online:
> 
> it will air 5pm mountain, 4 pacific and 7pm Eastern Thursday June 
> 7 on
> http://cjsr.com ... go the site a few minutes early as you may 
> need to
> install some add on. It will also be available for download afterwards
> if you cannot listen live.
> 
> Love you mom!
> 
> Macdonald Stainsby
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