TRAGEDY STRIKES FAMILY ATTEMTING FRESH START. New book explains their struggle.

Kissimmee, Fl. Hydrocephalus, autism, severe retardation. It sounds like you are reading a medical manual, but this was a young man's life.

RUSTY AND ME, A MOTHER'S STORY by Beverly (Sanefsky) Houseman, published by Jawbone Publishing Corp. is an inspirational account of the trals of dealing with a physically and mentally challenged child. Houseman confesses her emotions in the book to help others cope with their feelings and know that their reations are NORMAL.

After being separated from his parents and younger brother for 10 years, Rusty Houseman's family was seeking a new life in Florida. The family was thrilled to be together again as they departed Napoleon, Ohio.

During a snowstorm in Corbin, Ky, the family stopped at a Days Inn for dinner. Rusty took a buscuit from his dad's plate and put the whole thing into his mouth, choking. His mother screamed as five people from different tables left their meals and worked as a team doing CPR.

This event took place in January of 1983. Eighteen years later, Beverly Houseman, a retired RN, speaker, and contributing author to "Chicken Soup for the Nurse's Soul", has gone public with her family's tragedy.

RUSTY AND ME, A MOTHER'S STORY offers an account that includes medical explanation on a layperson's level. Her easy-to-read, conversational-type writing invites readers to meet her family and share their ordeal.