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Henman, Pat, 1958-
Henman, Pat, 1958- -- Family.
Traffic accident victims -- Canada -- Biography.
Crash injuries -- Patients -- Canada -- Biography.
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Beyond the legal limit : surviving a collision with a drunk driver /
Pat
Henman
.
by
Henman
,
Pat
,
1958-
Caitlin Press, 2021.
Call #:
363.12514 H514b
Subjects
Henman
,
Pat
,
1958-
Henman
,
Pat
,
1958-
-- Family.
Traffic accident victims -- Canada -- Biography.
Crash injuries -- Patients -- Canada -- Biography.
ISBN:
9781773860497 (pbk.)
Description:
192 p. ; 23 cm.
Summary:
"On a sunny Sunday afternoon in June 2013, performer and singer
Pat
Henman
, was driving home on the highway with her 19-year-old daughter, Maia, when they were struck head-on by a drunk driver.
Pat
and Maia's injuries were too complicated and life-threatening for the small hospital in Cranbrook, and they were flown to Calgary.
Pat
was revived four times, and her family was told to prepare for the worst. Maia had multiple breaks of all four limbs and the doctors had to induce her into a coma for more than a week. Both women spent months in the hospital recovering and undergoing major surgery.
Pat
had nineteen surgeries in the first week alone and Maia, a first-year university student, was left permanently disabled. This was the beginning of a long and painful struggle for their entire family. But as
Pat
and Maia were rehabilitating and trying to adapt to new routines, the family's life became engulfed in the confusing world of insurance settlements, a criminal trial against the impaired driver, and a broken legal system.
Pat
writes candidly about the accident and their family's ongoing struggle in a powerful memoir demanding justice not just for her family, but for all victims. Among the grief and anguish is a story of resilience, and recovery.
Pat
, whose vocal chords were damaged from the breathing tubes and was left with a permanent broken shoulder, was told she was unlikely to ever perform again. But with determination and retraining in her late fifties, she has slowly returned to her passion: the stage. "Beyond the legal limit" is the story of how love, community support and the compassion of many, including strangers, can be the path to survival."--From publisher.
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