Finding Resilience
eBook - ePub

Finding Resilience

  1. English
  2. ePUB (mobile friendly)
  3. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub

About this book

A story of survival and hope in the face of a debilitating illness

When thirteen-year-old Rachel Leland fell during a soccer game, she had no idea that her life was about to change forever. A seemingly simple injury to her wrist led to an outbreak of inexplicable, debilitating pain throughout her body, leaving her bedridden and needing a wheelchair. This set Rachel and her mother, Dorothy, on a quest to find relief from her agonizing symptoms. Refusing to accept the opinions of doctors who either claimed that she was "faking it" or that nothing could be done, Rachel at last found the underlying cause—chronic Lyme disease.

Rachel and her family were forced into a wildly different reality of long-distance doctor appointments, battles with unsupportive school and healthcare systems, and daily doses of IV medications. Throughout the ordeal, Rachel's mental health deteriorated as well, landing the teenager in a psychiatric hospital.

Based on the journal Rachel kept during her years battling Lyme and depression, this raw memoir chronicles Rachel's journey to becoming the strong, healthy woman she is today. Interspersed with Dorothy's insights, Finding Resilience is an unflinchingly honest and inspiring account of the struggles and triumphs they experienced together.

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Table of contents

  1. Cover Page
  2. Title Page
  3. Copyright Page
  4. Contents
  5. Authors’ Note
  6. Prologue
  7. Chapter 1: She Just Sits There
  8. Chapter 2: Attention-Seeking Behavior
  9. Chapter 3: Kryptonite
  10. Chapter 4: I’ll Put You Down for an 8
  11. Chapter 5: A Visit to Rachel’s House
  12. Chapter 6: Soon It Will All Be Okay
  13. Chapter 7: Just a Fluke
  14. Chapter 8: Some Rabbits Need Wheelchairs
  15. Chapter 9: Sixty-Seven Is Too Many Pills
  16. Chapter 10: No One Cries Forever
  17. Chapter 11: Two-and-a-Half Inches Taller
  18. Chapter 12: The Next Ten Years . . . and Beyond
  19. Acknowledgments
  20. About the Authors