Head+injury+article

Find an article via the internet about a young person (21 or younger), that has been affected by a head injury. Provide a link to the article on the wiki and summarize the article in a paragraph of complete sentences. Address these questions: How did the injury occur? What was the damage to the brain? What is the recovery like?


 * David's head injury is a result of a drunk-driving accident. He had just gotten his pay check and decided to celebrate with his friends, he got drunk and decided to drive. Not only did he drink and drive, but he also went out without his seatbelt on. As a result he spent 3 weeks in a coma, and another 3 weeks with a comatose. He suffered from injury to his frontal, temporal, parietal, and occipital lobes. He suffered from short and long term memory problems, as well as focusing problems. He was diagnosed with a mid-line lesion with a subdural hematoma, diplopia or double vision from swelling of the occipital lobe. He went through rehab in four different hospitals in two different states for 3 months and 11 days. He still suffers from difficulties with writing with his left hand, vision, balance, coordination, swallowing, speech, breathing, and mental fatigue while trying to complete a task. Since he has had a brain injury it puts him at a greater risk of having another severe injury. He is unable to conduct himself in a normal or appropriate way since his head injury, as he says " walk just like most other people...(after they've drunk a fifth of whiskey.)" Not only has he has personal struggles from the recovery of this accident, but he has also lost all of his friends and his fiancee. He felt isolated during his recovery process, which added to the frustration and the difficulty that came with getting over a traumatic experience such as this. He now has a job, finished school and has a degree in Counseling. In the end he seems normal, as if he never had the accident, but he will be forever injured from this accident emotionally.

Story found at this site: http://www.braininjuryoklahoma.org/stories/think1st.htm