Mike Tharp is the executive editor of the Merced Sun-Star. His column, "Copy!," appears each Saturday in the Merced Sun-Star.
E-mail:
mtharp@mercedsun-star.com
What if you had to learn to think again? What if you had to learn to speak again? What if you had to master the act of typing only with your left forefinger? What if you had to eat through a tube in your stomach?