Happy Thanksgiving!

... same joy in an animal. I also donated to Homes For Our Troops, to build a home in Houston for PO2 Anthony Thompson, who suffered a traumatic brain and spinal cord injury after being attacked by a suicide bomber. The organization provides housing specially designed for their disabilities at no cost to them . If any ...

California Personal Injury Statistics

... half million people suffer from traumatic brain injuries in the United...the elderly most frequently suffer brain injuries as a result of...com/law-articles/california-personal-injury-statistics-1413331.html ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Other Source...

Puffer Bellies

... 3 and came across this series "Puffer Bellies" by Maaaa, in which Blair was recovering from a head injury. This series particularly caught my attention; my son suffered traumatic brain injury in an accident last year (and is almost completely recovered Thank God, says the athiest ), and I was wondering if there were any...

...of your injuries. You lie awake and unable to make contact for 23 years, until a brain scan is run and it's found that you're not in a coma, but completely...http://news.cnet.com/8301-27083_3-10403861-247.html In Germany alone each year some 100,000 people suffer from severe traumatic brain injury. About 20,000 are followed by a coma of three weeks or longer. Some of them die, others regain health...

Just...wow.

... all these years. Hi-tech scans showed his brain was still functioning almost completely normally. Therapy has now... of Neurology at Liege University Hospital, discovered how Houbens' brain was still working using state-of-the-art imaging.... said: "In Germany alone each year some 100,000 people suffer from severe traumatic brain injury. About 20,000 are followed by a coma of three weeks or longer. ...

So I had an interview today at Eisenhower Center, a center for people who suffer from Traumatic Brain Injury, and it resulted in me having a job! Throughout the interview Shelly, my interviewer told me a lot of sad and scary stories about the population at the center. I am definitely intimidated, but think with proper training I can do well. I really don't want to ...

A Little Thanks Giving...

... we are professionals who deserve to be treated as such; for her main character Cam who can’t decide between skateboarding and bull-riding; for researching traumatic brain injury so that readers will know what so many Iraq veterans live with. I want to thank Deborah Lytton ( Jane in Bloom ) for being such ...

Stressing during finals week...

...mine first." ME: "You did not!" AUB: "Did so." ME: "Did not!" AUB: "Who's got more brain damage?" ME: *short pause* "Well, that's up for debate." AUB: *laughing* ME: No, it is! You've had a traumatic brain injury, but I've imbibed more than you. I've filled my body with way more chemicals and done far more damage to my short term memory." ...

"You Asked!" #30: Memorable Journeys

... piece about what it feels like to have him leave. And he suffers from constant headaches due to traumatic brain injury after being near three separate explosions. She worries about him. She wasn’t sure if she could read ... can either, but I promised her that people knew and cared about this injury and that her dad’s story is the one I am telling over and ...

Military personel were warned that neglect of mental health would lead to what happened at Fort Hood

... case that numerous killings and suicides at home by soldiers, many suffering from post-traumatic stress, have never received the sort of attention given to deaths by troops ... standards, about the medical exams for soldiers coming back from the war and needing mental health care and brain injury exams. "We have been working tirelessly to try to prevent this from happening," he said. "This is so ...