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Hello,

I'm Gary and very concerned about a dear friend. He had a brain anurism burst about 3 weeks ago and has been in the hosp. since. We were finally able to visit him today.

I'm told that his situation was grave and that he is fortunate to be alive much less awake.

He has paralisis on the right side and he cannot articulat at all. He does seem to understand what is being said to him though.

At the site of the operation (front left) the piece of skull was never relpaced and a deep indentation is there. My question is why this is. That is, why no replacement of the skull and why such a deep indentation?

I'm wondering if they had to remove brain tissue and will be covering the skull opening with a plate later.

Another question is what we might reasonably expect by way of recovery.

This man was active, quick witted and someone who loves life. He has a wonderfully supportive family. He goes soon to rehap.

Any help in answering my questions would be very appreciated.