Myasthenia Gravis is a rare autoimmune disease, and Brandon Cox's story coping with it is extraordinary. MG is an autoimmune disease that attacks nicotinic receptors Brandon was diagnosed with this disease at 15 years old. The first symptoms he experienced were severe headaches, excessive fatigue, and eye drooping that caused double vision. Brandon went on to become the starting quarterback at Auburn University, not allowing his diagnosis to keep him from pursuing his dreams. His main passion and one of his main occupations is playing football. Brandon has been recommended occupational therapy in order to learn techniques for energy conservation, prioritizing safety, as well as looking into certain adaptive sources such as an eye patch. Eye patches will prevent his weak eye from becoming too strained. I think that occupational therapy will be very beneficial for Brandon and help him maintain an active lifestyle that he is used to.
For this assignment, I decided to watch a movie called The Fundamentals of Caring. The title of this movie had caught my eye while scrolling through Netflix a few times before, but I had never taken the time to watch it. This movie is about a retired author named Ben who decides to enroll in a class and become a caregiver. He takes on a full time job caring for a boy named Trevor who has muscular dystrophy. Although Ben has no previous experience as a caregiver, it does not take long for him to gain the respect of Trevor. He decides to get Trevor out of the house and away from his dull daily routine to embark on a road trip together. Trevor saw and experienced things that he would never have had the chance to do before Ben came into his life. Ben made sure that Trevor could check things off of his bucket list without solely focusing on the worry of medicines and treatments for a week. My main takeaway from this movie was how Ben did not treat Trevor differently...
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