At rehab center, a loss-of-limb ritual helps bring a different type of healing
David Gaydos thought he had already learned a lot about loss. The retired Naperville Central High School teacher had been through much grief: the loss of his parents, multiple miscarriages with his wife, Frances, and her death in 2019 of ovarian cancer after 53 years of marriage. But this spring, Gaydos lost the lower half of his left leg and left foot. And he said it taught him more than he ...
David Gaydos thought he had already learned a lot about loss.
The retired Naperville Central High School teacher had been through much grief: the loss of his parents, multiple miscarriages with his wife, Frances, and her death in 2019 of ovarian cancer after 53 years of marriage.
But this spring, Gaydos lost the lower half of his left leg and left foot. And he said it taught him more than he realized. At 78, he is relearning kindness and gratitude.
Gaydos arrived at Northwestern Medicine’s Marianjoy Rehabilitation Hospital in Wheaton, Illinois, this spring
