Imaging for Health

Electric Wheelchair with Roho Cushion

In the past 10 years, I've had a lot of opportunity to get images from hospitals and of medical equipment, mostly because my husband has had a variety of health issues. The problem is, when you are in the thick of some sort of health emergency (whether a loved one or yourself), the last thing you think of as you follow the ambulance guys out of the house is grabbing a camera to snap photos.

Seriously ... it hasn't been something that even entered my head. At least not until after the the immediate emergency was dealt with. He's been through quite a lot; 2 heart surgeries, a heart attack (from a blood clot after one of the surgeries), a hip replacement, acute lymphoblastic leukemia, a back surgery (after being wheelchair bound for a year), spinal surgery in his neck (after being unable to move his upper body), several years of physio, skin cancer, and now, diabetes.

You wonder how a person can go through so much and still keep on going. But he does. The thing is, all of those hospitalizations would have been the perfect time to grab health related photos, but ... did I? Not so much.

I did manage a few, but mostly you spend your time in the hospital (and there was a lot) with the person, or running errands back and forth for them.