Biography
Baier, Sue; Schomaker, Mary Zimmeth
"...offers invaluable messages for anyone dealing with dependency, suffering, loneliness, helplessness, or acute or chronic debilitating diseases - in short, for anyone taking care of others. No one reading this book will ever again regard the helpless or incommunicative patient the same way."- New England Journal of Medicine
"It is a powerful book, which - thankfully -has a happy ending. But the sadness outweighs the gladness, especially where Baier’s medical care is concerned. Perhaps BED NUMBER TEN should be required reading at medical schools." -Macon Telegraph and News
"Baier gives us a palpable sense of the course of the disease, the pain endured, the depression and loneliness...sincere and honest..." -The Boston Herald
"...if I or someone I care about were felled by Guillain-Barre Syndrome, BED NUMBER TEN is the handbook I’d recommend for battling through the physical anguish, the emotional terror and the mental strain of coming back from G.B.S...." -Des Moines Register
"I cannot begin to explain the importance of this book for health care professionals as well as the general public. As a nurse educator, this book has had profound impact on me as I attempt to teach students the art of caring for acute and chronically ill persons." -RN, MS (Nursing College)
"The story of her illness is interesting reading and a reminder of how fragile good health is and how cherished it should be." -Sue Allison, United Press International
"Baier’s chronicle of courage offers hope to victims of the catastrophic disease." -Publishers Weekly
