Brain on Fire in New Immigrant

Anyone like (die for, can't wait for, devour, relish) medical mysteries? I can't get enough of them. When I read - with eyes wide and fear in my heart - the essay by Susannah Cahalan called "My Month of Madness"
I knew I had to read her book. In "Brain on Fire" this young writer
for the New York Post tells the nail-biting saga of her unusual illness.
All the characters are real people with villans and heroes among her doctors, with romance and with family at their breaking point. What you might not like, but which I love, is the medical background given about
brain functioning. Anyway, I loved this book so much that when Tom
returned I HAD to sit him down and read the high points. And he,
also interested in medicine, agreed it was a thriller with a very
surprising diagnosis. Available at bookstores and Target and probably everywhere.

Below are two pictures of Yakitti Yak (now Nisa- pronounced niece-ah). The first is obviously
when she appeared emaciated at our door in April. She had, however,
carried the chartreuse ball I gave her along with her.

Here is a later photo. She's still extremely thin but has been dewormed
and recently spayed. Despite having so many cats in our lives she stands out in her uniqueness; noisy, lovable to people and cats, exuberant and
acrobatic in her playfulness. She soars through our home with the greatest of ease! Ha! But true.

I am thankful for:
Tom being a daily part of my life
Having known Violet when she was a little girl
The great minds and creativity of my Friends here

Last updated August 18, 2014