Some close friends of ours have 2 sons. One is about 12 or 13 and is in the 8th grade. He is a little heavy and doesn't have the deepest voice. He is an absolutely OUTSTANDING trumpet player and consistently plays one or two grade levels up.
On Thursday, he was hit in the head by two kids. They hit him with textbooks. Not "hard" as he later said but enough to get his attention. That night, he took a shower. After the shower, he complained that his head hurt. His parents took him to Urgent Care (HUGE mistake) and they checked him out. Lots of things went wrong and they ended up sending him home. She scheduled an appt with his Dr.
Friday, he is in severe pain. She takes him to the ER and they do a CAT scan. Guess what they find? Yep, bleeding on his brain. They admit him to the ICU and begin treatment. The injury was the same type which killed the lady from "Parent Trap" when she failed to seek medical attention after a fall from a horse. He got lucky as the bleeding "stopped". He's still in the hospital and will likely be out of school for a month or more.
This child could have died! Heck, he still may if another vein bursts. I mean, what gives people the right to think that it is OK to pick on other people? Please keep this young man in your thoughts and prayers. He "insulted" me tonight when I went to see him so I know that he has his sense of humor and is taking things well despite the pain he is in. Pain meds interfere with the neuro scans so they cant give him much which forces him to just have to deal with it.
On Thursday, he was hit in the head by two kids. They hit him with textbooks. Not "hard" as he later said but enough to get his attention. That night, he took a shower. After the shower, he complained that his head hurt. His parents took him to Urgent Care (HUGE mistake) and they checked him out. Lots of things went wrong and they ended up sending him home. She scheduled an appt with his Dr.
Friday, he is in severe pain. She takes him to the ER and they do a CAT scan. Guess what they find? Yep, bleeding on his brain. They admit him to the ICU and begin treatment. The injury was the same type which killed the lady from "Parent Trap" when she failed to seek medical attention after a fall from a horse. He got lucky as the bleeding "stopped". He's still in the hospital and will likely be out of school for a month or more.
This child could have died! Heck, he still may if another vein bursts. I mean, what gives people the right to think that it is OK to pick on other people? Please keep this young man in your thoughts and prayers. He "insulted" me tonight when I went to see him so I know that he has his sense of humor and is taking things well despite the pain he is in. Pain meds interfere with the neuro scans so they cant give him much which forces him to just have to deal with it.
A few years ago in an undergrad Psych course I learned it actually changes your brain! It affects your neural pathways. And in kinda bad ways. Interestingly, the effects have lingered my whole life. I'm kinda screwed up but its hard to compare psychologically. Physically in my 20's my GF swatted my but and I discovered I have almost no feeling there. Embarrassing but I want to show that at least some bullies are getting seriously abused at home. My motive for bullying? Just waned to be left alone. Couldn't take any joke or ribbing and was violently reactive. It was what I was used to getting - had no idea they didn't experience what I did. BTW having untreated ADD and bi-polar disorder didn't help.
