"S CARTER: (Through computer) I've now been walking for 10 years with my walker, but I still hope and pray that I'll be free to walk anywhere without anything to help. J CARTER: You seem fearless to me, and I don't know that you seemed that way 10 years prior. S CARTER: (Through computer) Yes. Life just keeps getting better because I have you."
"Is there anything you feel like you've missed out on in life because of your focus on me, the time you could not spend with your grandkids? J CARTER: Yeah. I do regret the time that I haven't been able to spend with my grandkids. S CARTER: (Through computer) I food (ph) terrible that your life had to change so much. J CARTER: I don't really feel like they're sacrifices, Sean. It's just the way life is. I don't want you in a nursing home."
Sean Carter suffered a traumatic brain injury in a college car crash that initially left him unable to walk and unable to speak without a computer. Jenny Carter serves as his full-time caregiver and has supported his recovery and independence for ten years. Sean now walks with a walker and uses an electronic voice to communicate while hoping to walk unaided someday. Jenny expresses regret about lost time with potential grandchildren but frames caregiving as the way life is and rejects placing Sean in a nursing home. Both express closeness, resilience, progress, and concern about aging and the future.
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