Against All Odds

| Schizophrenia! It was a foreign word to
me. My oldest son was diagnosed at the Veterans Hospital in L.A.. He was
there 3 months, heavily medicated due to a chemical imbalance in his
system. Visitations were difficult. It was hard to accept when I saw him
walking in the hall like a zombie, unable to sit or talk to me. He was a
different individual, thousand miles away from me, not responding to
anything I said. I was frightened, I feared I had lost him for good.
Mary H. Murayama, Parent |