Lori's Lessons

<p><span style=font-size: small;>When Lori Patin first received her diagnosis of Parkinson’s at age fifty-five she wanted to cry until she died. When she made up her mind to fight the disease her husband and caregiver Bob took a stand beside her. In <em>Lori’s</em> <em>Lessons</em> author Carol Ferring Shepley tells the story of the Patins’ love throughout the course of the disease and how it affected their lives.<br /></span><span style=font-size: small;><br />But this memoir is about much more than Lori’s struggle against Parkinson’s disease a progressive incurable degenerative disorder that affects the central nervous system. It’s also the story of someone who has faced a terrible challenge met it head-on and refused to concede. In the struggle she has learned vital lessons about life itself.<br /></span><span style=font-size: small;><em><br />Lori’s Lessons </em>shares how for fifteen years Lori fought relentlessly but in the summer of 2011 she lay in a coma. At the time Bob thought the best he could hope for was to bring her home with a nurse. Thanks to a miraculous remission however today she doesn’t even have tremors.<br /></span><span style=font-size: small;><br />Offering inspiration and hope <em>Lori’s Lessons </em>presents a 360-degree perspective on how Lori attacked the disease. She has taken many pharmaceuticals but the two strongest drugs in her regimen are hope and faith.</span></p>