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Join Date: Mar 2012
Location: Phoenix AZ
Posts: 531
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Join Date: Mar 2012
Location: Phoenix AZ
Posts: 531
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Hi Karina, sorry to hear of your son's injury.
I'm a survivor rather than a parent, but to help facilitate discussion, what symptoms is he currently presenting? Three months is relatively recent in the PCS world, is he currently receiving medical treatment for his symptoms? Does he have restrictions on driving?
As a patient (albeit in my mid 50s instead of mid 20s) I responded to messages like "in order to drive again you need to achieve this, in order to return to work again you need to do this; so framing it so that positive outcomes are achieved by planned goal setting was helpful for me as a patient.
Hopefully other parents of TBI patients will comment from that that perspective.
Best to you both as his recovery progresses.
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What Happened: On November 29, 2010, I was walking across the street and was hit by a light rail commuter train. Result was a severe traumatic brain injury and multiple fractures (skull, pelvis, ribs). Total hospital stay was two months, one in ICU followed by an additional month in neuro-rehab. Upon hospital discharge, neurological testing revealed deficits in short term memory, executive functioning, and spatial recognition.
Today: Neuropsychological examination five months post-accident indicated a return to normal cognitive functioning, and I returned to work approximately 6 months after the accident. I am grateful to be alive and am looking forward to enjoying the rest of my life.
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