Locked-In Man Summary
The podcast Locked In-Man by Lulu Miller and Alix Spiegel takes place in a recording studio. It tells the story of Martin Pistorius a twelve year old boy who gets a sickness called cryptococcal meningitis. He can not speak or move. He sits around all day talking to him self and listening to his thoughts. He then gets told horrible things by a nurse like, you are doomed, totally pathetic, and you will be alone forever. Martin started giving up. He then wanted to die. He would run from his thoughts instead of listening to them. He was like this for years, and years. Until he accept he will be alone for ever a wave of thoughts came back through his head.
The nurse would not care and leave him in a cold bath tub and sit him in front of a TV, watching Barney. He hated Barney so much. He then started to look at the shadows and figure out what time it was with the little knowledge he had in his head. He then figured it out so the. He could now know when the horrible Barney would end. He then was able to start to move his hands. He later got a wheel chair. He got a chart so that he could press a button to say a certain word. He started to skype a woman and she was always by his side while all his friends left him. He was no in his 20's. Then grew into a loving relationship, and she did not care he could not speak or move she loved him. They then got married when he was thirty three years old. He then knew he would never be alone and that he was just like any other person in the world.
The podcast Locked In-Man by Lulu Miller and Alix Spiegel takes place in a recording studio. It tells the story of Martin Pistorius a twelve year old boy who gets a sickness called cryptococcal meningitis. He can not speak or move. He sits around all day talking to him self and listening to his thoughts. He then gets told horrible things by a nurse like, you are doomed, totally pathetic, and you will be alone forever. Martin started giving up. He then wanted to die. He would run from his thoughts instead of listening to them. He was like this for years, and years. Until he accept he will be alone for ever a wave of thoughts came back through his head.
The nurse would not care and leave him in a cold bath tub and sit him in front of a TV, watching Barney. He hated Barney so much. He then started to look at the shadows and figure out what time it was with the little knowledge he had in his head. He then figured it out so the. He could now know when the horrible Barney would end. He then was able to start to move his hands. He later got a wheel chair. He got a chart so that he could press a button to say a certain word. He started to skype a woman and she was always by his side while all his friends left him. He was no in his 20's. Then grew into a loving relationship, and she did not care he could not speak or move she loved him. They then got married when he was thirty three years old. He then knew he would never be alone and that he was just like any other person in the world.