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im 4mth old grandson was diagonsed with hypoxic brain injury an symptomatic epilepsy, just days ago, after being found in his crib not breathing by his parents that then did cpr. hes been in the hospital for three weeks now. the parents are young and have two other children ages 4 and 3. my questions are how much care will my grandson require once he goes home from the hospital, is there any way he can recover to live a normal life? what rescourses will need to be put in place for them to better care for him? where do they start looking for these rescources? will he need 24 7 care like hes recieveing now at the hospital?
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Hi there. I am so sorry to hear about this. Unfortunately hypoxic brain injury causes irreversible damage and this epileptic activity is due to the same. This would require lifelong care depending on the degree of neurological deficit and sequelae depending on the time lost before rescusitation was initiated and successful ventilation and circulation resumed. The deficits could be variable depending on the areas affected in the brain, loss of speech, paralysis, epilepsy, bowel and bladder control, mental retardation etc. you will know this after discussing with your child’s clinician. You may need to employ some nurse to help you with the increased level of care and supervision required especially with two more young children. Hope this helps. Take care.
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