Saving

Why do we fall ill? How do we get better? When his two-year old son develops epilepsy, Shane Neilson, a doctor, struggles to obtain timely medical care for him. Saving shares his family's journey through the medical system, and also Shane's own personal journey as a father who feels powerless when faced with his child's illness. The memoir entwines these stories with Shane's personal history of mental illness as a child and his professional experience with disability. By exploring the theme of family, Shane Neilson manages to show that, over time, it is possible to not only escape the wreckage of the past, but to celebrate living with a disability in the present.