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<blockquote data-quote="faster horses" data-source="post: 1754522" data-attributes="member: 17524"><p>Our son-in-law was shoeing a horse and was struck in the temple. He was life-flighted</p><p>and his heart rate dropped to 20. He was in a coma for weeks. They were able to save him, but he was handicapped for 33 years. He had a brain stem injury. He was big and stout and didn't die. He couldn't walk, he couldn't talk, even though his cognitive thinking was fine. He was fed by a feeding tube, but</p><p>finally, he was able to take food by mouth. It was risky, due to possible aspiration, but at least he could taste real food (within reason) again. He was easy care because he knew what he needed. Our daughter got him a spell-right so he could write out what he wanted to say. He always was a great storyteller; in fact, I have some of his writings. He could slowly use a computer. He could slowly play cards. All of the movement toward his body was restricted. It would have been much better for him if he just could have spoken. He was a great cowboy and loved to talk. He finally passed away in 2021. He was 34 when the accident happened, he was 67 when he passed away. He was handicapped one year short of half of his life.</p><p></p><p>This is why I say there are things worse than death.</p><p>Death is final, but there is a healing from it. What happened with our son-in-law</p><p>was an open wound for us for years.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="faster horses, post: 1754522, member: 17524"] Our son-in-law was shoeing a horse and was struck in the temple. He was life-flighted and his heart rate dropped to 20. He was in a coma for weeks. They were able to save him, but he was handicapped for 33 years. He had a brain stem injury. He was big and stout and didn't die. He couldn't walk, he couldn't talk, even though his cognitive thinking was fine. He was fed by a feeding tube, but finally, he was able to take food by mouth. It was risky, due to possible aspiration, but at least he could taste real food (within reason) again. He was easy care because he knew what he needed. Our daughter got him a spell-right so he could write out what he wanted to say. He always was a great storyteller; in fact, I have some of his writings. He could slowly use a computer. He could slowly play cards. All of the movement toward his body was restricted. It would have been much better for him if he just could have spoken. He was a great cowboy and loved to talk. He finally passed away in 2021. He was 34 when the accident happened, he was 67 when he passed away. He was handicapped one year short of half of his life. This is why I say there are things worse than death. Death is final, but there is a healing from it. What happened with our son-in-law was an open wound for us for years. [/QUOTE]
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