Brain Injury – ADEM

A Halloween Less Haunting, 21 Years After ADEM

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Our ghost, made out of an old, white sheet, hangs from the front trellis. Our wicked witch peers out the living room window. Our creepy, homemade scarecrow guards the path leading to the candy, although in the midst of the pandemic, we don’t expect many trick-or-treaters today. Even our town’s annual Halloween parade–typically one of […]

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Dinner with the Elephant

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(This article, originally published by BrainLine in January 2016, provides some background into my family’s experience with ADEM – Acute Disseminated Encephalomyelitis. It was written more than 16 years after my husband’s illness began. Sandra Levine also presents speaking programs on ADEM recovery and caregiving.) Early one morning last month, with sleepy eyes half open,

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