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I am sorry to hear about your brother. “Recovering from anoxic brain damage is difficult. Many factors contribute to the degree and rate of recovery. Anoxic brain injury can be mild, moderate, or severe. The length of time spent in a coma, coupled with how much normal function is recovered within the first month of the injury can indicate the chance of long-term recovery. People who have experienced severe anoxic brain injury may remain in a coma or vegetative state. Their chance of recovery may be minimal.
Cases of moderate anoxic brain injury have a better outcome, but recovery may still take months or years. People with mild anoxic brain injury usually make a full or nearly full recovery, and are able to live lives that are relatively normal and symptom free.” Discuss these factors with your brother’s doctor.
During rehabilitation the patient and his or her family will work with a multidisciplinary staff including doctors, nurses, physical and occupational therapists, and other specialists to devise an individualized program designed to return the patient to the maximum level of function. The rehabilitation phase may include:
• Speech therapy
• Physical therapy
• Occupational therapy
• Recreational therapy
• Adaptive equipment training
• Counseling
Normally we do not give you links. But as a special case for your better understanding you can read through this: http://www.brainandspinalcord.org/traumatic-brain-injury-types/anoxic-brain-injury/index.html
Please let me know if there is any thing else and do keep me posted. Take care!
Square one is to tell you NOT to give up hope.
Three months is far to early to give up. Prayer helps. There is someone upstairs.
Square two is I don't like the story they gave you. I am not a happy camper with that story. You have a tort action against the hospital and physicians and must contact an attorney immediately. This is going to make things dicey between you and the physicians but it is necessary. You need to request via FOI every piece of paperwork that is connected with his treatment, both pre and post vent. It will probably require what is called a subpoena duces tecum (request for documents)