Gene Wiseman: Veteran success story

In September I had the pleasure of completing an assessment for a World War II veteran and Purple Heart recipient Gene Wiseman. Early in the assessment, it was apparent that he had some severe physical limitations. He was not able to use either of his arms for daily living tasks due to extreme essential tremors.

The client informed me that since March he had been unable to feed or bathe himself and had been receiving assistance from a community veterans volunteer group.

During the conversation, Gene stated that he received care from the Veteran’s VA Satellite clinic in Show Low but had not received any assistance with his tremors. He said that the cause of the tremors was apparently due to the loss of charge in the battery for his deep brain stimulator implanted in his chest. The purpose of this device is to control the tremors by way of pulsating necessary signals to the brain. He has lived with this device for 11 years and had not had any prior issues.