As an author, Carolyn limns the areas where her roles as physician, writer and mother intersect.
Through Thick and Thin
One Foster Family's Eating Disorder Journey
Pediatrician Carolyn Roy-Bornstein and her husband Saul had a comfortably empty nest. Their sons were grown and flown. Then, Carolyn discovers that two of her patients are not doing well. They have lost their father to cancer and their mother is too mentally ill to care for them. They are placed in foster care where they are not thriving. In an effort to control their rapidly disintegrating world, one has developed a severe eating disorder. The other has started cutting.
In a giant leap of faith, Carolyn and Saul open their home to these two lost sisters, becoming their foster parents. Though herself a doctor, Carolyn was ill-equipped for the harsh realities of severe anorexia and its grueling treatment. And though she had worked with the Department of Children and Families for years as a pediatrician, she was unprepared for the bureaucratic struggles she would face trying to save her youngest foster child from this brutal disease. Despite these obstacles, this nascent foster family firmly commits to each other’s survival and ultimately thrives.
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Crash
A mother, a son, and the Journey from Grief to gratitude
After 25 years of caring for children, first as a nurse, then as a pediatrician, Carolyn Roy-Bornstein finds herself on the other side of the stretcher when her 17-year-old son Neil is hit by a teenage drunk driver while walking his girlfriend Trista home after a study date. Trista did not survive her injuries. Neil carries his with him to this day.
Gratitude for her son’s survival ultimately gives way to grief. While initially told Neil’s only injury was a broken leg, Roy-Bornstein quickly finds herself riding in the front seat of an ambulance transporting her son to the ICU at Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston; his brain is bleeding.
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Chicken Soup for the Soul
recovering from traumatic brain injuries: 101 Stories of Hope, Healing, and Hard Work
Whether you are recovering from a traumatic brain injury or supporting someone with a TBI, this collection of 101 inspiring and encouraging stories by others like you will uplift and encourage you on your healing journey.
With a traumatic brain injury (TBI) occurring every 18.5 seconds in this country - concussions the most common - chances are you have been touched in some way by this experience. TBIs occur due to accidents and sports, and are also common in returning soldiers. The personal stories in this book, by TBI survivors and those who love and support them, will help and encourage you and your family on your road to recovery.