Re: Brain Injury

[Guest guest]

gypsy rose wrote:

>

> Group,

> I got the news from Colorado today that Bruces doctors had a meeting

> and

> decided that he either gets sent on to a nursing home or they pull the

> plug.

> This would be done on Saturday at the latest. When I argued with

> them for

> the HBOT, I was told that in order for them to move him to Denver

> Hosptial

> where the chanber is, they have to do at least three surgeries:

> tracheoscomy for breathing, a shunt to continue the drain on his

> brain, and

> a feeding tube. I guess they have to do those things to move him to a

>

> nursing home too. They don't believe that HBOT would do any good in

> his

> case due to the extent of his injuries. They say a huge portion of

> his

> brain is dead and THAT can never be rejuvinated. I don't know what is

> right

> and what is not. I feel that 11 days is not enough time to make such

> a rash

> decision. I felt like they were putting on the pressure because they

> really

> do believe that Bruce will be a vegetable for the rest of his life and

> so

> now they are concerned about the cost of keeping him under their

> care. I

> feel like this should be given more time. Am I wrong? I had a client

> jsut

> todya tell me about a co-worker that had a crane fall on his head and

> the

> doctors gave him up for dead. It took three months for the guy to

> come

> around and evidently he's pretty much back to normal. He has problems

> with

> his equalibrium and memory, but he's doing great considering the

> magnitude

> of the accident. Bruce will be dead FOREVER, shouldn't he be given

> awhile

> longer to try and live? I am so frustrated, I wish I knew so much

> more than

> I do about HBOT, which seems to be his only hope but not if his brain

> can't

> be rejuvinated. Is that possible? They say there is no blood

> circulation

> in that damaged area. And evidently it's a very large damaged area.

> They

> say that it would only help if there were circulation. Sorry for the

> lengthly e-mail. Thanks in advance for your thoughts on this.

> GypsyRose

My heart goes out to Bruce and to you, a very good friend of his,

GypsyRose.

Diane