Help Needed: Anoxic Brain Injury

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Hello group,

A wonderful very dear friend of mine has been taken to intensive care

after his heart and respiration stopped last night. We aren't sure

of the extent of the brain injury yet, but the doctors are highly

concerned that the damage is very severe, and he is beyond any chance

of survival, since his heart stopped for a good amount of time (at

first it was thought to be 4-5 minutes, but possibly much longer).

I'm writing to ask if anyone has any suggestions, links, or leads for

helping his recovery. Are there any experimental treatment protocols

that can be tried, neurotherapy or otherwise? I am guessing the

first hours and days after injury could be a crucial time theraputic

help. Or is this, as the doctors are suggesting, just a horrific

waiting game?

I'm assuming this is beyond the domain of anything I could do with

normal neurofeedback, otherwise, I'd be over there with my Pendant

trying to convince everyone to let me give him a TLC Assessment!

My wife is at the hospital with him and friends in Wisconsin, and I

dont have 100% of the details. It was discovered he has an irregular

heart beat. He is intermittantly responsive and unconscious, and

can't breath on his own without a trach tube. When he comes to his

movements are uncoordinated and " infant-like " . We are waiting for

the results of the MRI and echocardiogram, and were told the extent

of the brain damage would be known over the course of the next few

days.

Although he is not in a coma(?), I'll contact Sara Hunt Harper and

Margaret Ayers for their advice. Thank you from the bottom of my

heart for any advice you can provide.

Carl

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