I was communicating with people by blinking my eyes to indicate yes or no. Later I progressed to a letter chart. I couldn’t eat, and had to survive on nourishment through a tube peg.
That was all before a few phenomenal people offered their help. Mithu and Tran, my physical and occupational therapist, worked relentlessly to improve my condition. And also Faustin and Chelsea who worked just as hard to make me improve.
As a result, I am now talking (not as good as before, but talking), and using a walker to get around (not far, but after four months in the hospital I couldn’t even use the wheelchair), and most importantly, typing. The typing is slow, but it’s improving.
I, of course, have my magnificent wife to thank also, but fortunately I get to tell her that all the time. For Tran and Mithu (and the people who assisted her, Faustin and Chelsea) I give my eternal gratitude.
For my wife, Mikki, I give my eternal love.
About the Author
Giacomo (Jim) Giammatteo is a headhunter and has done retained searches in the medical device/diagnostics & biotech/pharma industries for 30 years. He successfully completed more than 500 assignments, and he evaluated, edited, and wrote thousands of résumés. Giacomo has also interviewed and done reference checks on more than 1,000 candidates.
As if that wasn’t enough to put him into a small room with padded walls, Giacomo is also a bestselling author of several mystery/suspense novels, including: Murder Takes Time, Murder Has Consequences, and Murder Takes Patience in the Friendship & Honor series; and A Bullet For Carlos, Finding Family, and A Bullet From Dominic in the Blood Flows South series. Other fiction includes Necessary Decisions, Old Wounds, and Promises Kept (coming soon), in the Redemption Series.
His non-fiction work includes No Mistakes Resumes, Book I of No Mistakes Careers, as well as book II—No Mistakes Interviews.
He has also written the No Mistakes Grammar Series, No Mistakes Writing, No Mistakes Publishing, No Mistakes Grammar for Kids, and How to Select a Self-publishing Service, Uneducated, and the Life on the Farm Series for both kids and adults. Giacomo’s first fantasy series—the Rules of Vengeance—is coming soon.
In his spare time, Giacomo and his wife run an animal sanctuary with 45 loving “friends.”
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