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Join Date: Jul 2013
Location: Elko, NV
Posts: 21
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Junior Member
Join Date: Jul 2013
Location: Elko, NV
Posts: 21
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My son went thru several bouts of brain storming. It is very frightening to go through. However, after each bout of storming, we would see improvement. One thing that seemed to help with him was to give ice cold sponge baths while storming. The nurses at his care facility tried to keep pushing Ativan to calm the storming. I finally said no because it would put him from a vegetative state into a coma type state. His neuro agreed with me after she returned from vacation. BUT I am NOT a doctor so the Ativan is just my personal opinion.
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September 16, 2011 my son collapsed on the football field due to a subdural hematoma. He was life flighted to the hospital where they did emergency surgery. At first the DR said that he thought everything would be fine. Then his brain started swelling three days later, he had midline shift to the right side cavity and then the brain herniated onto the brain stem. They did not think he would make it. They stabilized until family could come. After family got there, he began to stabilize. We were counseled to "let him go" because the brain damage would be extensive. We chose life. He was in a coma for 48 days and then a vegetative state for another 58 days. He was considered semi-conscious Jan. 5, 2012. It is now July 2013. He has no short term memory, still is now walking with a walker, and has issues with expressive language, and is incontinent.
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