Makes you wonder

Here I sit folding laundry... And in my channel surfing, I come across the movie "Awakenings", starring Robin Williams. It is one of my favorite movies. True story about a Dr. Sayer and his work with patients institutionalized in a mental hospital in a persistent vegetative state, and how his therapy was able to wake them for a few days, and a much sadder darker note of how these people are IN THERE. There is a consciousness- a frightening thought. They had an episode of "House" awhile back too where they woke a vegetative patient with Dopamine treatment. They are somewhat aware of things- they know time has passed, but not how much. They know they are in a hospital, but not why. They can pick out voices, and faces, but can not tell you how.... I digress.

It got me thinking, while in my laundry folding boredom... If it were to happen to you, to go into a persistent vegetative state, and then you could be awoken for a few days, what would you choose? Not saying life or death- this isn't a Teri Schaivo question... But if you could be woken up for a few days, completely sentient and in control of your faculties for a short period of time, what would you want to come back for? It's a hard question, no? You only get one shot at a few days of living... so what do you choose? Your son's graduation? A birthday? Your daughter's wedding? Or never...?

As for me, I find it to be a difficult question to ponder. My little girl's wedding, perhaps. My son's graduation from high school or college. To be there on one of the happiest days of their life, and let them know how proud I am. What about the people in your life? What would be the one most important thing they could have you back for?

Yes, yes, it is all a hypothetical thing, right? Far be it from me to have normal thoughts. Welcome to the world of bipolar. :)

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