Genesis: A Portrait of a Spinal Cord Injury
ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Thompson, Stephen, PUBLISHER: Sunsong>toong>ne Press, No long after Indiana University had won the NCAA championship in , a young man of twenty was hurriedly riding his bicycle in order ong>toong> make it on ong>timeong> for a tennis ong>toong>urnament. He had plans for returning ong>toong> the game after having been sidetracked with the "college life". Although he expected ong>toong> attend graduate school, he was hoping ong>toong> play professional tennis one day. He never made it ong>toong> that ong>toong>urnament. A head-on collision with an auong>toong>mobile had crushed his dreams and also his neck, resulting in a cervical spinal cord injury. As he lay in the intensive care unit unable ong>toong> ong>moveong>, he listened ong>toong> music on his Walkman ong>toong> distract him from his terrible predicament. His favorite tape, "The Lamb" by Genesis, seemed ong>toong> help keep his attitude positive and hopeful. The following months are ong>toong>rturous and frustrating and he prays for a miracle; near-death experiences that seem ong>toong>o mysterious ong>toong> comprehend show him that there is life beyond human existence. Then, after finally making it ong>toong> the rehabilitation unit, he meets other young men in similar situations and they all struggle ong>toong>gether ong>toong> increase their functional abilities. In this rare and candid memoir, Stephen Thompson shares his many tribulations as he experiences new beginnings, both physical and spiritual, and strives for the ultimate goal of any spinal cord injury victim: ong>toong> walk again.