Catastrophic Brain Injury Resources: Rita Part Fifteen What if you could say we need catastrophic brain injury catastrophic brain injury resources applied to one thing for your daughter, what would that one thing be, what the most important thing the resources we provided for, is it therapy, is it wheelchair, is it,..
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Wheel Chairs are Rationed: Rita Part Fourteen I met Rita’s mom at the “Jamboree”, an annual get together of the Florida Brain Injury Association. The Jamboree is held each June. My interview was done June 23, 2011. In part fourteen we talked about how they requested a special kind of wheel..
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Catastrophic TBI Care: Rita Part Thirteen In part thirteen I spoke with Rita’s mom regarding long term catastrophic TBI care and some of the resources she is using to continue Rita’s rehab. You’ve got a long way to go yet with Rita’s catastrophic TBI care. Oh I know. How do you..
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Hockey star Keith Primeau drives a hard bargain. When former National Hockey League linesman Pat Dapuzzo wanted Primeau to appear at a charity event, Primeau said he would do it on one condition, according to The New York Times. http://www.nytimes.com/2011/11/28/sports/hockey/for-ex-nhl-linesman-dapuzzo-recovery-doesnt-stop-when-injuries-heal.html?_r=1&ref=hockey Primeau wanted Dapuzzo to do what he had done: agree to donate his brain..
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Treatment for Catastrophic Brain Injury: Rita Part Twelve In part twelve I talked with Rita’s mother and the treatment for catastrophic brain injury she has received. Again limited because of Medicaid being her insurance. Has she had a neuropsychological evaluation as part of her treatment for catastrophic brain injury? No, no. Has..
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In what The New York Times called “the most closely chronicled concussion in hockey history,” Pittsburgh Penguin Sidney Crosby came back to the ice this week, http://www.nytimes.com/2011/11/22/sports/hockey/sidney-crosby-ready-for-return-to-ice.html?_r=1&scp=3&sq=sidney%20crosby&st=cse Crosby was benched for roughly 10 1/2 months, recovering from concussions that he suffered Jan. 1 and Jan. 5 this year. As The Times pointed out,..
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There was a big step taken recently that will go a long way toward guaranteeing that brain injury patients get doctors who are thoroughly schooled in that field of medicine. The American Board of Medical Specialties (ABMS), which oversees the certification of physician specialists in the United States, has created a new subspecialty..
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Visual Deficits after TBI: Rita Part Eleven As my conversation continues with Rita’s mom we talk about some of the other physical issues she exhibits including her visual deficits after TBI. Her visual deficits after TBI hamper her in ways such as not being able to use a computer because she can..
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Parents of Catastrophic Brain Injury Survivor: Rita Part Ten At the end of Part Nine, Rita’s mom explained, as one of Rita’s parents of catastrophic brain injury survivor, that they were left to themselves to find ways to help Rita when she came home: Parents of Catastrophic Brain Injury Survivor Left on..
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Recovery from Catastrophic Brain Injury: Rita Part Nine In part nine we continued our talk about Rita’s set back and having to be sent back to a hospital and also her recovery from catastrophic brain injury. The question remains whether Rita’s brain suffered any additional damage as a result of this secondary..
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