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PLEASE HELP !

PLEASE HELP !

Dear All, i hope you had enjoyable and memorable xmas- i had a miserable one with my wife and our eleven month old son as we spent the whole of December in ICU at a local hospital in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania.

On 3rd of December 2009, our son was suffering from fever and severe pnemonia (pneumonia). During the course of transportation to hospital, it seems ambulance attendants did not masked oxygen mask properly to our son, as a result they caused lack of supply of oxygen and hence damage to brain cells.

Results of MRI Scan results shows " Symmetric signal changes in cerebral peduncles and putamen diffuse cortical insult in posterior parietal and occipital cortex bilatually". Diagnostic possibility being "Global hypoxic ischemic encephalopathy".

On the other hand, EEG results shows "Abnormal background predominantly theta activity. The frequency range from 4.7 to 7.6Hz. Amplitude range from 47.1 to 141.2uV".

Now, what is way forward for full recovery(?) of my first born ? Are there medication(s), rehabilitation etc in place ?. My country is in Developing Countries where the field of Neurology is very far behind than the rest of the World.

I will appreciate your comments and suggestions.

Regards,
George

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