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My close friend suffered the following TBI'S, 5 days ago in a hit and run accident.
He suffered 3 bleeds, 2 inside and 1 outside the brain ànd his skull was also very badly fractured.
He's currently in the ICU in a coma on life support
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Wrote loads of support, alarm went off and couldn’t find what I was texting!! They are in the best place! You guys are going through hell as y watch this? Hope a good outcome, please use this site for support from others that have been there? Vent frustration we know are coming? Just rant y anxiety, found a SMILE helps to relieve the stress?!! Take care & please report his progress? Text-strangers who have been there? Thinking of you all, good luck x
perfect reply …. Sue x
My partner suffered similar injuries a year ago. She fell down stairs and had 2 skull fractures, 3 bleeds on her brain (both frontal lobes and a temporal lobe). She had an emergency craniotomy to remove a clot and save her life. She then spent 2 weeks in a medically induced coma and after that subsequent recovery time was rapid at first then slowed to a snails pace as the physical damage healed and the brain started to heal. She has done amazing and is back working, driving, etc. She may be an exception to the rules so to speak as her recovery has been nothing short of a miracle, but it has taken a massive effort from her to drive the recovery process. Everyone is different with brain/head injuries, but my partner can give hope to others that miracles do happen.
You won't now who will be there when your friend wakes up, i.e. no doctors can tell you what impact the injuries have had in the long term. It's a waiting process. Look after yourself first and foremost. I didn't eat for a week, had no sleep, and lived on coffee at first and soon found I was starting to suffer mentally and physically because of this. To be there for your friend you need to take care of you to keep yourself strong.
A suggestion is to keep a daily diary of everything that is happening to them, what you are doing, your feelings, etc. I did this for my partner and made a book for her from it which covered about the first 6 weeks (until she was able to read it and understand it) from the minute I got a call about the accident. She struggled with the loss of time and this diary helped her fill in the gaps with everything that happened. It also helped me to put this all down on paper.
Good luck and try to remain positive.
Thank you, y all too!
Massive hugs to you and your friend. I will keep both of you in my prayers. I'm 6 months on from my accident and tho recovery is slow, I am better than when it first happened x
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