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.
Read part of this thread and the responses to him, he may be there right and may not. what could it hurt
He and his family have my prayers for strength and healing.
Prayers up!
Prayers up.
Prayers for a great Freeper.
Prayers for his cognizant abilities to return full force.
Prayers from the Panhandle for John.......
Prayers up.
Oh my, praying for our FRiend...
Prayers up!
Dear Lord of Mercy and Father of Comfort,
You are the One I turn to for help in moments of weakness and times of need. I ask you to be with your servant in this illness. Psalm 107:20 says that you send out your Word and heal. So then, please send your healing Word to your servant. In the name of Jesus, drive out all infirmity and sickness from his body.
Dear Lord, I ask you to turn this weakness into strength, suffering into compassion, sorrow into joy, and pain into comfort for others. May your servant trust in your goodness and hope in your faithfulness, even in the middle of this suffering. Let him be filled with patience and joy in your presence as he waits for your healing touch.
Please restore your servant to full health, dear Father. Remove all fear and doubt from his heart by the power of your Holy Spirit, and may you, Lord, be glorified through his life.
As you heal and renew your servant, Lord, may he bless and praise you.
All of this I pray in the name of Jesus Christ.
Amen.
http://christianity.about.com/od/prayersverses/a/Healing-Prayer.htm
I pray he is fully restored!....Bless him.
Thank you -
I wish I knew - I will look back through old freepmail and see if he ever mentioned his wife’s name or their last name - if anyone knows their last name I will find a way to reach his wife
That is encouraging -
Prayers up for him.
Head injuries are different and healing can be both short term and long term in nature. When my wife went into ICU with spinal issues the same day a girl went in from a motorcycle wreck with head injuries. Three months later my wife was transferred to spinal rehab. The girl was still in a coma. A month after my wife was in rehab the girl showed up for rehab and was conscious.
There was also a guy my wife used to care for in the nursing home. He fell off the hood of a moving car and was a head injury. Last time we saw him he was somewhat able to move around but had cognitive issues that made living outside the nursing home impossible. One day I was taking my wife to outpatient therapy and I said hey look it's Buck. Sure enough a year later he was living alone in an apartment. We were very amazed at his progress. With head injuries improvements are far more likely to still happen long term than with spinal issues once past the six month mark.
Oh, my... prayers sent.
Lots of swelling after a severe injury; it will subside, and then he will return to the human race.
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