by Mike Woodruff | May 9, 2014 | Health Updates
Today I passed the swallow test. While seated in front of an X-ray machine, I proved I was able to drink liquid barium, swallow pudding-consistency barium, and eat cookies with barium, all to the satisfaction of all the docs. I may glow in the dark for the next few...
by Mike Woodruff | May 8, 2014 | Health Updates
In The Silver Chair, one of C.S. Lewis’ Chronicles of Narnia, Jill is reduced to tears. She goes to her room and cries for a while and then, in vintage fashion, Lewis writes, “Crying is all right in its way while it lasts. But you have to stop sooner or...
by Mike Woodruff | May 6, 2014 | Health Updates
It’s been a good 24 hours.Last night, Dan Williams stopped by with a cheeseburger and fries. It’s been a couple weeks since I’ve been able to sink my teeth into any food that’s been given to me. And it’s been a couple months since...
by Mike Woodruff | May 4, 2014 | Health Updates, People
Comedian Sophie Tucker said, “I’ve been rich, and I’ve been poor. Believe me, rich is better.” Here’s my update: I’ve been strong and I’ve been weak. I like strong better. Give me power–the ability to make things happen....
by Mike Woodruff | May 3, 2014 | Health Updates
As I mentioned in an earlier post, its amazing what neurosurgeons and neurologists know about the brain and what they don’t know. The brain itself is also amazing. Right now my recovery has two aspects to it. My brain is healing and as it does certain things turn...
