All posts tagged 'brain injury'

Oakland A’s Pitcher Brandon McCarthy Tweeting After Brain Surgery

Posted on September 8th, 2012 · Posted in Brain Injury

We will soon see if Oakland Athletics pitcher Brandon McCarthy, who underwent surgery last week after being hit in the head with a line drive, is out of the woods. Doctors have informed McCarthy’s team that the first two or three days after a traumatic brain injury are the most..
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Chris-Clearview Key For Recovery From Coma

Posted on September 7th, 2012 · Posted in TBI Voices

Chris Part Four – Clearview Key for Recovery from Coma: http://tbivoices.com/blog/uncategorized/clearview-key-stage-for-chriss-recovery/   Chris’s recovery at Sacred Heart was at a standstill, so she was transferred again to Clearview in Juneau, Wisconsin. It was while she was in Clearview that she began to make progress. Before the transfer to Clearview, she..
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A’s Pitcher Brandon McCarthy Recovering From Head Injury Surgery

Posted on September 6th, 2012 · Posted in Brain Injury

Oakland Athletics pitcher Brandon McCarthy, who underwent surgery after being struck in the head by a line drive Wednesday afternoon, was alert and seemed to be showing progress as of Thursday night, according to a press release from the team. In its statement Thursday, the A’s said that the 29-year-old..
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Chris-Emerging From The Coma

Posted on September 6th, 2012 · Posted in TBI Voices

Chris Part Three – Emerging from the Coma – Not Like In a Soap Opera: http://tbivoices.com/blog/uncategorized/emerging-from-a-coma/ Emerging from her coma was nothing like one would see on television. For her it was slow and unpredictable process. Making the coma more difficult for her mother was that the information she needed..
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Chris-Severe Brain Injury With Coma

Posted on September 5th, 2012 · Posted in TBI Voices

Chris Part Two – Severe Brain Injury with Coma: http://tbivoices.com/blog/uncategorized/understanding-severity-of-chris’s-brain-injury/   At the time of her injury, Chris was a typical 10th grade girl who loved shopping and hanging out with her friends. Her coma, which lasted months, left her with severe physical problems, some of which were caused by..
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Chris-A Story of DUI and Coma

Posted on September 4th, 2012 · Posted in TBI Voices

Chris Begins – Story of DUI & Coma: http://tbivoices.com/blog/uncategorized/chris-story-begins-dui-results-in-a-year-of-coma-and-treatment/   The Chris story begins with the  contrast between the absence of memory for the survivor to the nightmare ordeal of the parents of someone in a coma.  Chris was hurt in January of 1998, when she was 15 years old...
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Teen Dies Of Brain Injury After Sticking Head Out Of Bus Hatch

Posted on September 1st, 2012 · Posted in Brain Injury

Teens just don’t want to listen, no matter how many times they’re warned. And so it was with Daniel Fernandez on Friday, unfortunately. Fernandez was killed Friday night after he stuck his head out of an emergency hatch on a double-decker bus in Fort Lee, N.J.  The 16-year-old hit his..
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Betty – Don’t Ever Give Up

Posted on August 31st, 2012 · Posted in TBI Voices

Betty Concludes in Part 12 –  Don’t Ever Give Up: http://tbivoices.com/blog/uncategorized/dont-ever-give-up-after-brain-injury/ Betty concludes with words for the brain injury community, both survivor and family that one must never give up, be the best you can be today and that tomorrow you will be even better.   NEXT…Chris’s Story Begins

Betty-Care Must Be Ongoing After Brain Injury

Posted on August 30th, 2012 · Posted in TBI Voices

Betty Part Eleven – Care Must Be Ongoing: http://tbivoices.com/blog/uncategorized/maximum-recovery-from-tbi-requires-a-lifetime-of-care/ Brain injury happens in an instant but the recovery must be for a lifetime.  Betty is a great example of the long-term need to continue to grow, to continue to work hard to get better and how even through failures, the..
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Betty-Dating and Marriage After Brain Injury

Posted on August 29th, 2012 · Posted in TBI Voices

Betty Part Ten – Dating and Marriage after Brain Injury: http://tbivoices.com/blog/uncategorized/dating-and-relationships-after-brain-injury/ Betty’s recovery was also benefitted by years of dating and ultimately marrying after her TBI.  As she was in her early twenties when hurt, those parts of life were ahead of her at the time of her injury. While..
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