Well he was GCS 3. The severity of his injury was so bad that he had 3 hemorrhages which was non-operable The neurologist advised us that his prognosis was very poor. He had 5CT Scans with no change. He was swelling on day 2, the family decided without me to take him off the ventilator.. I just got his medical records and read through them I believe if he lasted 9hrs before he passed, if they only left him on for a week to really see if there would be any changes, but because the swelling was so severe and they could not relieve the swelling the family decided to take him off.
He had an hemorrhagic stroke as well and some brain bleed. Keep us in your prayers if you can. I am sorry for your loss. My year-old cousin is in a deep coma, GCS 3. She is also on a ventilator and has no response to light, pain or anything. Her brain has swollen due to homerrhage and had 2 cardiac arrests in the same day. Doctors said her condition is inoperable and that she may die any minute.
We are very devastated and hope that she will wake up one day. I am a motorcycle rider as well. It makes me so sad to read this. So sorry for your loss! Stay strong! Greetings from Austria, Wick. So sorry that happened to you Rebecca. My son was hit by a car Dec. Drs said I need to put him in a care home where he can age safely and securely We could not accept that. As a family we did every possible thing to help him recover I stayed in that province for almost a year.
Every time he made a bit of progress the dr would say that was coincidence or that's all he will be able to do. I took over his complete care so he wouldn't be a burden on the nurses as I was scared they were going to xfer him to a care home.
Almost one year later Corey walked out of that hospital with the exact same personality he had before.. He will always have to live with us as the accident left him with short term memory loss and some cognitive impairments so he's on disability but his sight came back after about a year!
We also weaned him off all the antipsychotic medications they had him on Everyone out there.. Thank you, I needed to hear this. I have faith, but it's hard to keep that up all the time. I scream, I cry, I have a breakdown every day on my way home from the hospital. So thank you, I really needed these words. Thank you for sharing. I almost died 4 years ago. Slipped and fractured skull, I remember hearing the sound of ocean waves and knew I was dying. I lived alone and remained unconscious for 4 days.
I felt as just what you said - the doctors arent god and I was alive by a miracle. It was incredibly difficult to do but foods and herbs helped. But after I woke I had vomiting, dizziness, hearing problems, eyesight issues.
My hair sheds out a lot today and I still have a soft spot where my skull fractured. I have a touch of dyslexia and have a hard time concentrating on reading but I knew I survived by a miracle and am back to myself but actually more improved.
I believe something saved me so I could fulfill a purpose. I hope you will believe me when I say it's best not to dwell on the "what ifs. I worked in an ICU and saw some people recover from horrible injuries, but most did not. If they weren't able to relieve the pressure on his brain, he would have herniated and the results would be the same. I have seen that there are worse things than death, from work and in my own life. My grandfather lived in a miserable state for 20 years after he survived being taken off the ventilator.
He had a stroke after a brain aneurysm repair at 58 years old, so he lived with the damage from the stroke for all of that time. He was confined to a wheelchair, then bedridden for the last 3 years of his life.
He only knew my grandmother, my mom, and his 3 other children. I felt like I lost my grandfather the day he went into the hospital for the aneurysm repair. My sister was flown by helicopter after being found unresponsive in her recliner at home. She had been there for 3 days. We still don't know what happened, I have suspicions about her odd neighbors since she had some trauma to her head on both sides, not something that would happen if she had fallen before sitting in her recliner.
Her MRI was terrible. She had suffered a stroke or lack of oxygen to her brain, or both, they weren't sure, she was only 46 years old. Her brain was swelling, and she didn't respond to anything.
I noticed she began to posture, which indicates severe brain damage. I knew that even if she survived and could breathe on her own, she would be in a vegetative state.
We decided to take her off of the ventilator. It was 13 hours before she finally passed. I feel we made the right decision, but I wish I knew what had happened to her. I don't know why you weren't the one making the decisions since the spouse is the next of kin and I don't like it when physicians tell people that the person will pass away quickly, it's unrealistic to predict such things.
More often than not, it takes longer if the person isn't absolutely brain dead. I'm so sorry for your loss, I hope you can find peace. May god give you strength to overcome your loss. Please look after yourself and may your husband rest in peace. I am so sorry for your loss and will pray for you.
God please comfort this wife and help her get through this storm. I will keep you in my prayers Rebekah. May you get the strength to overcome this grief. Please take good care of yourself.
I am sure that wherever your husband is, he will always want you to take care of yourself and will be watching over you. Stay safe. How or why did the hospital let his family override you making that call to have him removed.
You are his next of kin as long as you all were married. My Gcs was a two when I had a grand Mal seizure do to alcohol - Aspirated as well. I survived it. How close was I to dead?? How did you score two, when there are three parts to the test, all with a minimum score of one? I've just come out of hospital after suffering diabetic hypoglycemia and a seizure, which left me in a coma on my bedroom floor.
Paramedics found and saved me. My GCS was 3 and I was very close to death. I'm not belittling you in any way, just curious. To all the Doctors, nurses and anybody whatsoever connected with hospitals and the emergency services.
For all of us you are our heroes because we all need you throughout life. That's pretty low, prognosis isn't good. Even an MD might say that. It all depends on the reason the GCS is so low No one can say much without the complete clinical picture. Gonzales RN. I don't know the extent of her injuries but, I was in a car accident almost 4 years ago and I believe my GCS score was , I was in a coma for 10 days and had paralysis on the right side of my body.
Physically I have fully recovered, I had to relearn how to walk so I still have a very slight limp. However during my recent research of TBIs I have come to learn that TBIs start as acute when they first happen and turn into chronic TBIs over time it becomes worse neurologically as it turns into a chronic TBI, the psychological effects of the injury become worse due to the effect it has on the brains neurotransmitters.
As far as I put together I'm no doctor my injury has effect on my serotonin, dopamine, and acetylcholine levels probably effect other neurotransmitters, I have only researched these so far and the TBI causes a deficit in these neurotransmitters. These deficits have caused a lack of motivation, sleeping all the time, memory, attention, learning and processing speeds, these are typical signs of depression, I am not sad, just experiencing symptoms of depression do to my brain injury affecting my neurotransmitters.
I have yet to go to a psychologists to get these drugs. Do some research of how TBIs affect the neurotransmitters! She might not need them now but in a few years he might, definitely tell her or care giver to mention this to doctors, I waited 4 years to get help and my condition has only gotten worse, I can barely pass basic college classes now, with this information in her doctors hands can improve his doctors life!
I've also read that Deep brain stimulation DBS can bring people out of vegetative states. It is should be used only as a diagnosis tool that can show improvement or deterioration. Do I understand this correctly? My friend, 23 years old, suffered a road traffic accident on 24 july 3 days ago. His GCS is 6. What are his chances of recovery? It depends on various factors Mri reports Is he conscious or not First hrs are always critical in these kind of cases If he shows progress in one or 2 days chances are he will recover.
This article is for Medical Professionals. Best motor response M - 6 grades Apply varied painful stimulus: trapezius squeeze, earlobe pinch, supraorbital pressure, sternal rub, nail-bed pressure, etc: No response to pain. Extensor posturing to pain: the stimulus causes limb extension abduction, internal rotation of shoulder, pronation of forearm, wrist extension - decerebrate posture.
Abnormal flexor response to pain: stimulus causes abnormal flexion of limbs adduction of arm, internal rotation of shoulder, pronation of forearm, wrist flexion - decorticate posture. Withdraws to pain: pulls limb away from painful stimulus. Infant: withdraws from pain.
Localising response to pain: purposeful movements towards changing painful stimuli is a 'localising' response. Infant: withdraws from touch. Obeying command: the patient does simple things you ask beware of accepting a grasp reflex in this category. Infant: moves spontaneously or purposefully. Best verbal response V - 5 grades Record best level of speech. If the patient is intubated, a 'derived verbal score' is calculated via a linear regression prediction: No verbal response.
Incomprehensible speech: moaning but no words. Infant: inconsolable, agitated. Inappropriate speech: random or exclamatory articulated speech but no conversational exchange. Infant: inconsistently inconsolable, moaning. Confused conversation: the patient responds to questions in a conversational manner but some disorientation and confusion. Infant: cries but consolable, inappropriate interactions.
Infant: smiles, orientated to sounds, follows objects, interacts. Best eye response E - 4 grades No eye opening. Opening to response to pain to limbs as above. Eye opening in response any speech or shout, not necessarily request to open eyes.
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