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The Girl on the 6th Floor: Wide Awake Through the Nightmare Kindle Edition
…the next time she is aware of her surroundings it is nearly three months later and what took place while she was “away” was nothing less than horrific.
Jenny contracted an extremely rare illness in March of 2013. It was 35 days before the diagnosed could be found. During this time her condition would change hour by hour and her family and friends were forced to stand by and helplessly watch as she deteriorated from a healthy and active 25-year-old woman, to someone who’s physical and mental capacities resembled a newborn baby.
As if this wasn’t enough, many times a day Jenny would be visited by what her family came to view as demons that would trigger unpredictable and nearly indescribable behavior as well as create frightening hallucinations for Jenny, and those around her, to endure. It is no exaggeration to say that Jenny appeared to have been possessed by the devil. Her mother and father learned a new definition of “a parent’s worst nightmare” and could not escape it any more than she could.
Not even the doctors were able to help Jenny…or save her from the torment that the illness caused.
The Girl on the 6th Floor is a truly unique story about a rare and devastating illness; told from the perspective of Jenny’s father while witnessing his child going through this odyssey. This book is an honest and detailed look at what took place day-by-day coping with a devastating illness. It reveals the fear and pain of a family, the compassion and dedication of medical professionals, and the difficulties all of them faced while dealing with something they didn’t understand. Surprisingly, there is also some laughter along the way.
- LanguageEnglish
- Publication dateSeptember 23, 2014
- File size3052 KB
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Product details
- ASIN : B00NUW1Q12
- Publisher : Rockford Publications; 2nd edition (September 23, 2014)
- Publication date : September 23, 2014
- Language : English
- File size : 3052 KB
- Text-to-Speech : Enabled
- Screen Reader : Supported
- Enhanced typesetting : Enabled
- X-Ray : Not Enabled
- Word Wise : Enabled
- Print length : 352 pages
- Best Sellers Rank: #1,531,223 in Kindle Store (See Top 100 in Kindle Store)
- #17,538 in Parenting & Relationships (Kindle Store)
- #20,688 in Memoirs (Kindle Store)
- #72,204 in Memoirs (Books)
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It's sad, it's heartbreaking but ultimately, it's uplifting to see how they grew closer than ever as a family, the way a real family should be, because of this terrible disease. The diagnosis of this rare and devastating illness (NMDA Receptor Encephalitis) shows how the doctors and those who loved Jenny never gave up after 100's of tests came back with no clear picture of what was would make a healthy woman suddenly have seizures and become nothing like herself.
Written from her father's perspective, The Girl on the 6th Floor will inspire you with its gut-wrenching honesty and triumph in the face of overwhelming odds.
The Nichols family and friends are a clear and beautiful demonstration of participatory medicine...a collaborative relationship where those closest to the patient team up with medical professionals and take a very active role in decisions and care of their loved one.
The author expresses situations so very clearly. His intimate sharing of the "hurry up and wait" frustrations experienced in an illness such as this draws the reader in to feel like a participant. The strength, stamina and perseverance of the caregivers in this book show the public exactly what it takes when a loved-one is touched by encephalitis.
I do highly recommend this book for anyone touched by auto-immune encephalitis...loved ones, caregivers and medical professionals.
Wendy Station, President
Encephalitis Global, Inc.
By Wendy Station on October 25, 2014
The Nichols family and friends are a clear and beautiful demonstration of participatory medicine...a collaborative relationship where those closest to the patient team up with medical professionals and take a very active role in decisions and care of their loved one.
The author expresses situations so very clearly. His intimate sharing of the "hurry up and wait" frustrations experienced in an illness such as this draws the reader in to feel like a participant. The strength, stamina and perseverance of the caregivers in this book show the public exactly what it takes when a loved-one is touched by encephalitis.
I do highly recommend this book for anyone touched by auto-immune encephalitis...loved ones, caregivers and medical professionals.
Wendy Station, President
Encephalitis Global, Inc.
So why only 3 stars? After the first 6 or 7 chapters, the details of practically every days utterances and feelings became so tedious I just had to give up reading. Initially it was compelling but then became laborious because of the endless descriptions and recounting of fairly similar occurrences. In otherwords, so much detail became monotonous. I had to search the final chapters to finally discover the answer to the mystery, which was a surprise. It just could have been accomplished in a more concise way.
Kathryn Smith, LCMHC
I have recommended this book to friends, family and my fellow nurses.

