Posted on 11/07/2014 3:01:52 PM PST by WhyisaTexasgirlinPA
Arrowhead (John) fell off a 20’ ladder at work, onto his head, and has a severe brain injury!
Broke all the bones in his face and skull, broke his shoulder blade and some ribs.
His last post was 10/20 in the morning. He fell about 2pm that same day and was LifeFlighted to the hospital; then, after about 6 hours of surgery, he went directly to ICU. It was touch and go for days in critical condition.
After 2 weeks in ICU he has been transferred to a Specialty Neurological Rehab center in Austin, as of 11/3.
He can move his arms and legs, so no spinal injury, but he is not cognizant. Sometimes he can respond to “can you squeeze my hand?”, sometimes not. His daughter is getting ready to go back home.
The nurses are calling them every day. Small improvements are noticed, such as he sat up for 10 seconds today, but no one has a prognosis. Brain injuries heal how they heal, when the heal, if they heal....3 to 6 months at least.
PRAY HARD, please!!!! And spread the word to your prayer lists.
Prayers up for John, his family and his caretakers. Head injuries seem to take their own sweet time with the healing process. So hard to trust in God and have patience. Will also add his name to our Prayer Group list. The more voices going to God on his behalf the better.
My prayers for a complete healing.
Prayers up!
Sorry to hear about Arrowhead’s fall. I will keep him in my daily prayers.
Prayers have been lifted.
As soon as I saw this thread, I stopped and visualized our friend all healed and back to normal.
As someone who climbs ladders for a living, I’m all too aware of the inherent risks involved. It’s especially painful for me when someone I know, has a fall from one. I can relate to that in ways that most people can’t.
Heal, my friend. We’ll be here for you when you’re ready to return to us.
Praying for a miracle for a good man and his family.
May God heal him within and without.
St. Bernadette of Lourdes, pray for Arrowhead!
Thank you, buddy.
Prayers sent..
Girl, can you post info on where we can send get well cards to John?
Thanks.
Oh my goodness......prayers up for him!
Prayers up from Western Colorado. We’re pulling for a complete recovery!!!!
Dear Heavenly Father...We ask for your healing hands to be placed on our dear Arrowhead...Hold his family close during this trying time. Guide his medical providers as they treat AH.
Praying in the name of Jesus Christ Our Lord and Savior.
Amen
Prayer thread for Arrowhead
Prayer warrior ping. I know we heard about this in freepmail already...but now someone has posted a thread and with this, Arrowhead1952 can see all the posts in his favor in one place. Please keep him in your prayers!
Absolutely.
I have a family member who was in an accident and had a severe head injury. He was in a coma for awhile. They thought that if he lived, he would be severely impaired. We thought he was going to be placed in a nursing home. But he improved just enough to go to rehab (the fact that the freeper is in rehab is a good sign). He would not talk or respond at first. Then very slowly progress was made.
He had to relearn how to walk, talk, go to the bathroom — everything. He did not remember people who had died years earlier. It was weird in that he would remember things from childhood but not recent.
The emotions go through cycles as they are healing. There was the easy-going cycle. There was the crying cycle. Lots of it was very childlike.
Get the movie Regarding Henry. It will help give an idea of what might happen.
Recovery was not 100%. But it is not bad. It is hard to describe in that some things are normal and some things never will be.
Everyone is different. Some on the emotional cycles can go through anger, cursing, all sorts of things opposite their normal personality. So keep in mind none of that is probably permanent. We were lucky in that the most negative thing was the crying. That was almost comical.
Prayers said for our FReeper friend...may God’s mercy be with him.
Oh my, my prayers are with him and his family. Don’t give up people. Healing can happen.
Prayers sent
Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.