Important Tips for the Days and Weeks After the Injury or Diagnosis
- Limit visits and the number of visitors at any given time.
- Allow yourself and your loved one time to rest between visits.
- Try to take turns at the trauma care center so you can get some rest.
- Have everyone who visits maintain a soft and calm tone of voice.
- Assume that your loved one can hear you and be careful of everythingthat is said within earshot.
- Keep an open mind during every step of the process and never give up hope.
- Take advantage of all therapeutic opportunities.
- Talk about your feelings and concerns with supportive friends, familyand spiritual leaders you trust.
- Meet with other people and families with both new and old spinalcord injuries.
- Take care of yourself in the best manner possible.
Produced by Shepherd Center and KPKinteractive in collaboration with the American Trauma Society, the National Spinal Cord Injury Association and the Christopher & Dana Reeve Foundation.
