Blink of an Eye

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Blink of an Eye, a new podcast with Louise Phipps Senft, explores stories of trauma, loss, awakening, and epiphanies. Ms. Senft recounts her experience navigating a life-changing accident that rendered her son, Archer, paralyzed from the neck on down, and expands the story with interviews of those behind the scene. Told through real journal entries and inspiring guests, Blink of an Eye will inspire you to explore the true nature of our relationships and interconnectedness in the face of an event that changes everything.

Episodes

Wednesday Mar 15, 2023

#162 - Listen to the Patient

Wednesday Mar 15, 2023

#162 - Listen to the Patient

Self-Advocacy and the Caring Ethic in SCI Rehab

Even though a Spinal Cord Injured person’s brain does not receive signals from lower parts of the body, that doesn't mean their body doesn't experience pleasure, pain or discomfort. And in late October, 2015, Archer knew. He knew his body well enough to speak up just in time about an internal sensation he thought he experienced. Thankfully someone was listening. Join us for a surprising turn in our journey, as we narrowly dodge a particularly ghoulish Halloween event but end up confronting something even more shocking. This could be the reminder you need to remember to listen – to your own needs, or to someone near you who needs to be heard right now, and how to paint the picture of the patient so the medical team can see who they really are. Here we go.

In this episode:

Rebecca McWalters was one of Archer’s most dedicated and responsive nurses at the Shepherd Center. After working there for 14 years, she is now Director of Nursing with Baron Home Group in Georgia, serving SCI patients in their homes.

Blink of an Eye is created by Louise Phipps Senft and co-produced by Louise Phipps Senft and Zera Bloom. Theme music is by Victoria Vox.

Blink of an Eye Podcast is sponsored by the Blink of an Eye Non Profit: a non-profit created as a national resource to help change the Spinal Cord Injury experience for families and medical teams across the U.S. Blink of an Eye provides a national team of SCI specialized doctors for expert opinions in the Golden Hours of SCI injury, a Multidisciplinary Family Support & Navigation Team for SCI families lead by SCI families for the first 30 days of crisis, and a National Resource Library of essential SCI information and trauma informed responses for the first hours and days after injury specialized for families, friends and SCI medical staff. Blink of an Eye also offers a Registry of Medically Unexpected SCI Recoveries. To find out more, visit www.blinkofaneye.org and donate to their Launch Campaign at www.givebutter.com/blinkofaneye

To find out more about Louise and this podcast, visit the websites www.blinkofaneyepodcast.com and www.BeingRelational.com.

To find out more about learning relational mediation skills for navigating hospital and medical conflict and trauma, visit the website www.BaltimoreMediation.com.

Follow us on Instagram and Facebook @blinkofaneyepodcast. Our Twitter is @blinkofaneyepod. Make sure to subscribe wherever you get your podcasts.

You can become a member of our Patreon community and see extra Blink of an Eye content and bonus episodes at: www.patreon.com/blinkofaneyepod.

To find out more about Archer and to see some of Archer’s artwork, check out www.slimeyard.com.

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Music in this episode is:

Dream Guitar by Frank Schroeter

https://filmmusic.io/song/7759-dream-guitar

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Ethereal Meditative Piano by MusicLFiles

Link: https://filmmusic.io/song/6292-ethereal-meditative-piano

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Horizon Flare by Alexander Nakarada