out of difficulties grow miracles
Gregory Scott Daniel
Scott Pre 1993
This is the story of what has happened to my oldest son, what has happened to him since 1993 and God’s mercies, healing, and direction in his life.
Scott's Car (front view)
In 1993 Scott was hit head on by a drunk driver and suffered injuries that no human should survive.
However, thanks to God’s intervention and our prayers, He spared Scott’s life.
Tags: Drunk Driver, Health Challenges, Immune System, Nutrition
“Praise the Lord and pass the ammunition” I believe was a well known phrase from WWII that describes our current position.
I am proud to proclaim that I am a Christian who believes that God created the universe and Jesus died for our sins. So we praise God for where we have been and where we are now.
On June 30, 2010, Scott will have been home from the hospital for two years. That alone is enough to thank God for his blessings. The consensus of the nursing staff at the hospital was that we would be back within 2 weeks. I guess they were shocked since we haven’t been back in 2 years.
Tags: Religion_Belief, Tommy Daniel
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Eight weeks ago we began the process of trying to wean Scott from the ventilator (respirator, breathing machine).
At the time we started weaning, Scott was on a vent setting of AC of 14 breaths per minute.
The AC setting basically means that the machine will give him 14 breaths each minute regardless of how many breaths he takes on his own.
Tags: Breathing Machine, Ventilator
Praise the Lord. Two things have happened recently that I am very happy about.
First, we have now been out of the hospital over 16 months and secondly, the doctor finally agreed to beginning Scott’s weaning process off the ventilator here at home.
Tags: Emergency medical services, Intensive care medicine, Mechanical ventilation, Pulmonology
Any brain function can be disrupted by brain trauma: excessive sleepiness, inattention, difficulty concentrating, impaired memory, faulty judgment, depression, irritability, emotional outbursts, disturbed sleep, diminished libido, difficulty switching between two tasks, and slowed thinking.
Sorting out bonafide brain damage from the effects of migraine headaches, pain elsewhere in the body, medications, depression, preoccupation with financial loss, job status, loss of status in the community, loss of status in the family, and any ongoing litigation can be a formibable task.
Brain Tissue In Traumatic Injuries Regenerated
An injectable biomaterial gel may help brain tissue grow at the site of a traumatic brain injury, according to findings by a Clemson University bioengineer.
Research by assistant professor of bioengineering Ning Zhang shows that the biomaterial gel made up of both synthetic and natural sources has the potential to spur the growth of a patient’s own neural stem cells in the body, structurally repairing the brain injury site.
In previous lab studies, Zhang has demonstrated the reconstruction of a complete vascular network at the injury site as an initial step toward brain tissue regeneration.
Developed by the College of Family Physicians of Canada
The information contained here is not intended to answer specific medical questions, but is provided for general information only. Please talk to your family physician directly about your health concerns.
What are the main causes of head injuries?
A serious head injury is most likely to happen to someone who is in a car accident and isn’t wearing a seat belt. Other major causes of head injuries include bicycle accidents, in-line skating (rollerblading) accidents, falls from windows, falls from shopping carts, walkers, throw rugs, falls around the house (especially among toddlers and the elderly), and sports injuries. Another cause in babies is being shaken by an adult.
No one thought Sonya Wright would survive ex-boyfriend’s attack
By Stephanie Taylor Staff Writer, Tuscaloosa News
Sonya Wright, left, talks about her ordeal and recovery as her mother, Nona Woods, looks on at her home in Tuscaloosa. Wright has paralysis on her right side and struggles to communicate.
No one expected Sonya Wright to live after her ex-boyfriend attacked her with a hammer two years ago.
The police who found her lying in the bathtub with a shattered skull thought she was dead.
Surgeons sewed a wound on the side of her head without even cleaning it, thinking she wouldn’t live.
Only her mother, Nona Woods, believed her daughter would recover.
“They told me there was no way she was going to make it, and if so, she would be a vegetable,” Woods said. “Something came over me.
I said, ‘It’s OK, Nona’ and from that point on, I did not acknowledge anything else except that she was going to be OK.”
In this University of Washington program, Kathleen Bell, rehabilitation physician at the University of Washington Medical Center (UWMC), Myron Goldberg, neuropsychologist at UWMC, Robert Fraser, vocational rehabilitation specialist at UWMC and Mary Pepping, neuropsychologist at UWMC, all weigh in on life with traumatic brain injuries.
People with traumatic brain injuries may experience physical, cognitive or personality changes that affect their work and relationships. In this video, hear stories of people who are rebuilding their lives and readjusting to family, careers and everyday life.
As I faced my Maker at the last judgment, I knelt before the Lord along with all the other souls.
Before each of us laid our lives like the squares of a quilt in many piles; an angel sat before each of us sewing our quilt squares together into a tapestry that is our life.
But as my angel took each piece of cloth off the pile, I noticed how ragged and empty each of my squares was.
They were filled with giant holes.
Each square was labeled with a part of my life that had been difficult, the challenges and temptations I was faced with in every day life. I saw hardships that I endured, which were the largest holes of all.
