Editorial Review:

A patient's personal view of long term care.Seen through the eyes of a patient totally paralyzed with Guillain-Barré syndrome, this moving book takes you through the psychological and physical pain of an eleven month hospital stay. BED NUMBER TEN reads like a compelling novel, but is entirely factual.You will meet:The ICU staff who learned to communicate with the paralyzed woman - and those who did not bother.The physicians whose visits left her baffled about her own case.The staff and physicians who spoke to her and others who did not recognize her presence.The nurse who tucked Sue tightly under the covers, unaware that she was soaking with perspiration.The nurse who took the time to feed her drop by drop, as she slowly learned how to swallow again.The physical therapist who could read her eyes and spurred her on to move again as if the battle were his own.In these pages, which reveal the caring, the heroism, and the insensitivity sometimes found in the health care fields, you may even meet people you know.

Customer Reviews:

Avg. Customer Rating: 4.0 / 5.0

A book for all medical personnel to read:

This is the second time that I purchased this book. My other copy was borrowed by someone and never returned.
I recommend this book for anyone in the medical profession or thinking of going in medicine (all fields). It describes how patients should and should not be treated and talked to and around.

Self absorbed, but good info too:

Maybe it isn't fair of me to say this, but it seemed pretty clear to me, while reading this book, that its author was a fairly self-absorbed person before her illness, and remained so during and after. It was hard for me to read, at times, because of this.
However, there is some extremely valuable information here, especially in the book's constant reminders that many who cannot communicate in the usual ways are fully aware and have feelings, often strong ones. Some sensitivity is in order in any... more info

Bed Number 10:

My Husband Pete became ill with Guillain-Barre syndrome on January 4th 2006. After he was in ICU for five weeks he was put into an acute care part of the hospital I wanted to know what he was going through on the inside. This book helped me understand the fears and frustrations that he was going through. Thanks Sue Baier for your courage.
Wanda Vires

Fellow sufferer and overcomer with God's help:

Each case of Guillain-Barre Syndrome is different---for the patient, for the doctors, and for the caregivers.
WE ARE ALL COURAGEOUS in that we have fought very hard for the chance to just LIVE and hopefully to obtain as much percentage of recovery as we can.
I was diagnosed correctly on the 10th day of onset.
By that time, I was paralyzed from the neck down.
Treatment consisted of IVIG and therapy in the hospital
for 2 weeks and then I was transferred to the REHAB center for 9... more info

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