A Little Champagne Talk

Dr. Champagne and I had an interesting conversation about this "brain injury" work. She told me that ADHD was considered a brain injury and folks would be institutionalized until the 1930's, if they had ADHD. She said that it was classified as that until 1970. It's an older way to classify any neurological disorder like that. She then told me stories of how her grandma took her to these institutions to study folks. I asked her how old she was and she told me 8 or 9 years old!

She told me about a lady who was admitted to a mental hospital when she was five, because she was dyslexic, and had been there for 50 years. Her grandma also took her to prisons to study folks. She learned that so many inmates who were in jail, had brain issues. I was absolutely fascinated. She said that her grandmother wanted her to see folks so she could better understand the brain and try to help folks NOT get institutionalized or make decisions that could land them in jail. Dr. C. has been studying the brain since grade school!

If I haven't said this enough, I'll say it again. I feel that Dr. Champagne is the #1 person who can help my child. Her heart is phenomenal. She goes over and beyond and she KNOWS HER STUFF! She almost makes me want to go to medical school and study neurology. Almost.

 In addition to all this, take up the shield of faith, with which you can extinguish all the flaming arrows of the evil one. Ephesians 6:16 (NIV)