Traumatic Brain Injury

[becka34]

One of my family members was a passanger on a motorcycle they hit a deer and i believe it threw her she was not wearing a helmet she has a skull fracture and there was bleeding in the brain they did neurosurgery she has some intercranial pressure and almost died the night after her surgery they have her on a cooling mattress and are trying to decreased brain activity she is 24 hours after surgery and no change they say another 24 hours before they raise her body tempature she has not regained conciousness she was not concious after the accident and she had vomiting right after the accident I was wondering if anyone knew after the first 48 hours what maybe to expect I am not there with her my husband is so all info has come from him

[Mandy747]

I know this is late my family member was also involved in an accident recently and has a traumatic brain injury he has been unconcious for 1 week they told us only time will tell. you can see more of his story at www.caringbridge.org/visit/timmygriggs

[lightformypath62]

Hi,

I was just going to give you a link to my brothers blog.Until I noticed the date of your post. Maybe you can help me out too. How is she doing today? My brother was in a bad motorcycle accident on 9-4-09 and he went through the same thing you explained in your post. He was transferred to a rehab Center two days ago. he is not able to give a thumbs up yet. Therapists are working with him. he is not able to talk. Just mumbles and tries. This is so sad. i could use any info from anyone who may be able to explain this recovery process. My family is so stressed out. My brother is 51. He is like a baby right now. He's alive; and we are thankful because we were told they didn't expect him to live through the helecopter ride to the hospital.God Bless!