About two weeks ago I got a call from my Mom saying my younger brother was found unconscious in his apartment in a pool of blood. A friend of his found him and called 911. He ended up in the general hospital in the ICU in a coma and has been that way ever since this happened. The doctor thinks he had some kind of seizure and fell and hit his head causing major blunt force trauma. They had to relieve pressure off his brain because of it.
I just got an email today from my Mom on his latest status ... see below. This is a terrible situation and has been stressful for everyone, especially for my parents if they have to make the decision to disconnect him from life support.
I believe in the power of prayer ... and have been praying about this lately. I hope he can pull out of this!
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The surgeon called me late today and said there is no change only a slight improvement. He opens his eyes but does not move them or show any recognition to anything and then closes then again. He is still in critical condition and had a breathing tube directly inserted into his lungs and has a feeding tube through his I believe nose (not sure). He wants my permission for him to do a trekconomy (spelling) in the front of his neck under his chin for breathing and put the feeding tube in his stomach as there is less of a chance for infection. There has been a very small improvement and the doctor said he would never be independent and with brain injury you never know. His only brain activity is when he opens his eyes and closes them again. When they stimulate an area of his body he will move or jerk but that is all.
He said I need to think about what I want done with him for the near future. Please pass this information on to your dad and ask him how he feel about this and he needs to decide what should be done also. I can't do this decision without considering him. I feel this is all on my shoulders and it has been very hard on me and hard to wrap my mind on all this. I know it would be too much to ask him if he would split the burial costs if it comes to that.
I just got an email today from my Mom on his latest status ... see below. This is a terrible situation and has been stressful for everyone, especially for my parents if they have to make the decision to disconnect him from life support.
I believe in the power of prayer ... and have been praying about this lately. I hope he can pull out of this!
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The surgeon called me late today and said there is no change only a slight improvement. He opens his eyes but does not move them or show any recognition to anything and then closes then again. He is still in critical condition and had a breathing tube directly inserted into his lungs and has a feeding tube through his I believe nose (not sure). He wants my permission for him to do a trekconomy (spelling) in the front of his neck under his chin for breathing and put the feeding tube in his stomach as there is less of a chance for infection. There has been a very small improvement and the doctor said he would never be independent and with brain injury you never know. His only brain activity is when he opens his eyes and closes them again. When they stimulate an area of his body he will move or jerk but that is all.
He said I need to think about what I want done with him for the near future. Please pass this information on to your dad and ask him how he feel about this and he needs to decide what should be done also. I can't do this decision without considering him. I feel this is all on my shoulders and it has been very hard on me and hard to wrap my mind on all this. I know it would be too much to ask him if he would split the burial costs if it comes to that.
