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A Mother's Tale
I am the Mother of a 29-year-old man with a tbi. He was in college at the time it occurred and was just 16 days past his 26th birthday. He was in coma for 70 days and they gave us no hope at all. The first five days they would not even say he would live.
His face was crushed in the motorcycle accident because he was intoxicated and had no helmet on. Thanks to God many prayers and lots of good doctors he lived and finally woke up. He was put on a brain injury pathway he has a lot of spasacity on his right side so his right arm does work real well. They said he would only have 80 percent mobility but he walks all over our house by sheer determination although he sometimes still loses his balance but wears a skate board helmet.
His jaw and eye socket were crushed and replaced. He does not have control of his tongue yet but is still trying hard. He has trouble swallowing and breathing and they said he would always need a g-tube but it was removed in December of 2000 although the doctor really did not want to.
He eats any and everything he wants now but it is because of his faith and good attitude that he has come this far. He lives with us at home and the only thing that worries me is if he never recovers completely who will care for him when we are no longer here because we are 60 now.
I pray ever day for his right arm and speech to come back because now he still requires 24 hour supervision. He is completely cognitive and communicates with a little writer (a small computer you type into and then it speaks for you.) He reads and can do math but has much more to overcome physically.
His name is Jay and he is the youngest of our children and the very light of our life.
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