• Welcome
    • Purpose
    • Statement of Faith
  • My Apology
  • TESTIMONY
    • English
    • Chinese Translation
    • Dutch Translation
    • French Translation
    • German Translation
    • Italian Translation
    • Portuguese Translation
    • Russian Translation
    • Spanish Translation
    • Turkish Translation
  • READY OR NOT...
  • My Story - Videos
    • In His Own Words
    • Video Interviews
    • Written Interviews
    • Son of Hope Gospel Tract
  • Journal
    • 2022 >
      • January 2022
      • February 2022
      • March 2022
      • April 2022
      • *May 2022
      • *June 2022
    • 2021 >
      • January 2021
      • February 2021
      • March 2021
      • April 2021
      • May 2021
      • June 2021
      • July 2021
      • August 2021
      • September 2021
      • October 2021
      • November 2021
      • December 2021
    • 2020 >
      • January 2020
      • February 2020
      • March 2020
      • April 2020
      • May 2020
      • June 2020
      • July 2020
      • August 2020
      • September 2020
      • October 2020
      • November 2020
      • December 2020
    • 2019
    • 2018
    • 2017
    • 2016
    • 2014-2005
  • Updates
  • For Parents and Students
    • General Advice for Parents
    • Advice For Troubled Teens
    • School Projects
    • Jailhouse Interview
    • A Letter to David from Youth Minister Dan Bailey
    • Suicide is Everyone's Business
    • What is Prison All About?
  • For Satanists
    • A Letter to a Satanist
    • Carl Sartor's Story
    • Satan's Bible
    • Jailhouse Interview
  • A Letter to a Soldier
  • Ministry Tools
  • Insights and Miscellaneous
    • A Letter to North Shore Baptist Church
    • Jesus Christ, the True Treasure and Pearl of Great Price!
    • He Knows Your Name
  • Parole Hearing Transcript 2016
  • Friends
  • Inspirational Testimonies
    • Tracey Anne's Testimony
  • Contact
  • Welcome
    • Purpose
    • Statement of Faith
  • My Apology
  • TESTIMONY
    • English
    • Chinese Translation
    • Dutch Translation
    • French Translation
    • German Translation
    • Italian Translation
    • Portuguese Translation
    • Russian Translation
    • Spanish Translation
    • Turkish Translation
  • READY OR NOT...
  • My Story - Videos
    • In His Own Words
    • Video Interviews
    • Written Interviews
    • Son of Hope Gospel Tract
  • Journal
    • 2022 >
      • January 2022
      • February 2022
      • March 2022
      • April 2022
      • *May 2022
      • *June 2022
    • 2021 >
      • January 2021
      • February 2021
      • March 2021
      • April 2021
      • May 2021
      • June 2021
      • July 2021
      • August 2021
      • September 2021
      • October 2021
      • November 2021
      • December 2021
    • 2020 >
      • January 2020
      • February 2020
      • March 2020
      • April 2020
      • May 2020
      • June 2020
      • July 2020
      • August 2020
      • September 2020
      • October 2020
      • November 2020
      • December 2020
    • 2019
    • 2018
    • 2017
    • 2016
    • 2014-2005
  • Updates
  • For Parents and Students
    • General Advice for Parents
    • Advice For Troubled Teens
    • School Projects
    • Jailhouse Interview
    • A Letter to David from Youth Minister Dan Bailey
    • Suicide is Everyone's Business
    • What is Prison All About?
  • For Satanists
    • A Letter to a Satanist
    • Carl Sartor's Story
    • Satan's Bible
    • Jailhouse Interview
  • A Letter to a Soldier
  • Ministry Tools
  • Insights and Miscellaneous
    • A Letter to North Shore Baptist Church
    • Jesus Christ, the True Treasure and Pearl of Great Price!
    • He Knows Your Name
  • Parole Hearing Transcript 2016
  • Friends
  • Inspirational Testimonies
    • Tracey Anne's Testimony
  • Contact
AriseandShine.org

August 2021

Stroke Victim

8/27/2021

 
I just got back to my cell after taking another prisoner to the Infirmary for his treatments... ​
He's an older gentleman, but he's several years younger than me. I guess this makes me an even older gentleman.

Tony can be difficult at times. He survived a bad stroke which left one side of his upper body almost completely paralyzed. While he has come a long way, he continues to need daily care. Being that I'm a "mobility assistant" this is where I come in.

Tony needs help. So I will push his wheelchair wherever he needs to go, and assist him in getting in and out of it as well. Some days he and I will go to the facility's special exercise room which only the handicapped inmates are allowed to use. Tony makes a good effort using the Universal weight machine and the other equipment that's available. Much to his credit he is determined to become as self-sufficient as possible.

It usually takes Tony about 30 minutes to get dressed. I'm not allowed to dress him, and he doesn't want me to. So my part will be to lay out his clothes and make sure he doesn't leave anything off, which he's been known to do. Like forgetting to put on his shoes and socks. And one time, even his pants.

I think the Lord has assigned me to Tony so that I will learn patience. He definitely tests my "people skills" because he has a temper. At times his anger can be very expressive. And when he's pissed, Tony can sure cuss up a storm. But he and I have a lot of laughs, too.

I do, however, understand his anger. As a once independent and self-sufficient man, Tony has been reduced to a person who has to be escorted around the facility. This must surely hurt his pride. As the victim of a bad stroke, he can no longer stand on his own two feet without having to hold on to either me or a handrail.

Tony makes me exceedingly thankful to God for my health. Life and good health are gifts from the Lord, and I never want to take these things for granted.

D. B.

NOTE: Tony is not his real name.


Comments are closed.

    Author

    David Berkowitz
    Copyright © AriseandShine.Org

    RSS Feed

Proudly powered by Weebly