Bauby had to compose and edit the book entirely in his head, and convey it one letter at a time.
Bauby also lost 60 pounds in the first 20 weeks after his stroke.ĭespite his condition, he wrote the book The Diving Bell and the Butterfly by blinking when the correct letter was reached by a person slowly reciting the alphabet over and over again. This rare condition is called Locked-in Syndrome, a condition wherein the mental faculties are intact but the entire body is paralyzed. When he woke up twenty days later, he found he was entirely speechless he could only blink his left eyelid. On Decemat the age of 43, Bauby suffered a massive stroke. Bauby had to compose and edit the book entirely in his head, and conv Jean-Dominique Bauby was a well-known French journalist and author and editor of the French fashion magazine, ELLE. Despite his condition, he wrote the book The Diving Bell and the Butterfly by blinking when the correct letter was reached by a person slowly reciting the alphabet over and over again. Bauby also lost 60 pounds in the first 20 weeks after his stroke. Jean-Dominique Bauby was a well-known French journalist and author and editor of the French fashion magazine, ELLE.
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