#50 Pulling Through after Brain Injury - with Author Catherine Jessop

What's it like to live with someone who has a memory of just ten minutes? This is the reality for author Catherine Jessop whose husband, Alan, was left with a brain injury after contracting encephalitis. In this episode, she reveals to Elizabeth and Julia the circumstances around Alan's brain injury and how they coped as a family in the early days, navigating hospital life during his year-long hospital stay documented in her book Pulling Through. She talks about the realities of being a carer with honesty and good humour and how football has helped Alan following his diagnosis. On A Good Day Thank you for listening to On A Good Day! Please go back and catch up on any missed episodes. For a full recap of Elizabeth and Julia's stories, listen to ⁠⁠⁠episode #1: How Brain Injury Came Into Our Lives - And Changed Them Forever⁠⁠⁠. Please share this podcast with others it will benefit and subscribe, rate and review to help make it more visible! We'd be so grateful! Connect with Us On ⁠⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠⁠ @onagood.day and ⁠⁠⁠X⁠⁠⁠ @onagood_day And you can join our ⁠⁠⁠Facebook community too! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices