Locked in
Subtitle: one man's miraculous escape from the terrifying confines of locked-in syndrome
By: Richard Marsh, Jeff Hudson
Contributors: Hudson, Jeff, 1970- author
Publisher: Piatkus
Published: 2014
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780349401430
Subjects: Health; Cerebrovascular disease
Description: 'The noises were fuzzy in the darkness. Like hearing a domestic dispute through an apartment wall. As a cop, it was a scenario I'd experienced many times as I'd approached a stranger's front door. But this was different. This time I wasn't going anywhere. I wasn't moving at all. Couldn't move at all.' In May 2009 Napa cop Richard Marsh suffered a severe stroke that submerged him in the terrifying world of a Locked-in sufferer. Brain activity remains but sufferers have no way of communicating with the outside world. In fact, 90 percent of sufferers die within four months of onset. Locked In follows Richard's extraordinary race against time.