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Head Injury ZW

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?

http://www.sacramentobraininjurylawyerblog.com/

Savannah Wilson, at 19 years of age was in a car accident that caused her severe brain damage. Her boyfriend was in a street race that started randomly and he was going 70 mph in a 25 mph zone. After losing control in the middle of the race they hit a tree. Savannah spent a week in a coma. The left side of her brain had some disconnect in neurons, which led to the right side of her body being paralyzed. For 3 months she had a windpipe stuck down her throat in order to swallow food because she couldn’t do it on her own. After that time and the surgery (tracheotomy) she was able to leave the hospital and regain partial use of the right side of her body. She is still doing physical therapy and is on the way to recovering full use of the right side of her body.