No worries. There are those who say that a little brain damage makes one a better artist. You can imagine what that says about artists! A bigger problem is if she tries to leave wearing the stylish bare-bottom hospital gown!
A minor version of this happened to me about four years ago during a wildlife recovery – we were roping wild oryx – when I went backwards off my horse. Thunder Britches is a Belgian, so its quite a fall. I was stuck speaking only Cherokee for a while and had to really work to get English to come out. The specialist was unconcerned because I remembered the fall clearly – accident amnesia is the primary sign of a serious concussion. A more serious matter was that Thunder got confused, took a step backward and stood with one of those massive hooves right in the middle of my chest.
Whoa Nellie! That’s SOME crazy horse story! Thunder Britches was uh… using you as a foot stool…. did he break anything when he stepped on your chest? Yikes… I cannot imagine that whole scary scenario. I’d be inclined to forget the whole thing… without the concussion, mind you.
Wha? Wait, like a real shot with a firearm? or a fall off your bike? And DANG… that is nuts! You recovered mostly… yes?!
I have a friend who wrote a series of kids’ books (which I illustrated) called “Earl the Squirrel” … he wrote them to teach himself how to read and write after hitting his head after taking a bad jump skiing.
Never had this issue myself, but I have helped friends who have. It’s rough. I think the worst of it has to be the frustration over not being able to do things….. like, almost anything…… while you try to get back to being able to do what you could before.
I imagine that would be a difficult task… having known you could do something BEFORE… but cannot do it presently. Daily living would be a frustration. That takes courage.
No worries. There are those who say that a little brain damage makes one a better artist. You can imagine what that says about artists! A bigger problem is if she tries to leave wearing the stylish bare-bottom hospital gown!
A minor version of this happened to me about four years ago during a wildlife recovery – we were roping wild oryx – when I went backwards off my horse. Thunder Britches is a Belgian, so its quite a fall. I was stuck speaking only Cherokee for a while and had to really work to get English to come out. The specialist was unconcerned because I remembered the fall clearly – accident amnesia is the primary sign of a serious concussion. A more serious matter was that Thunder got confused, took a step backward and stood with one of those massive hooves right in the middle of my chest.
Whoa Nellie! That’s SOME crazy horse story! Thunder Britches was uh… using you as a foot stool…. did he break anything when he stepped on your chest? Yikes… I cannot imagine that whole scary scenario. I’d be inclined to forget the whole thing… without the concussion, mind you.
Just remember, Randie. When a door closes, a window pane falls on top of you.
We’ve witnessed the power of friends with Spill. Now we’ll be witnessing the power of husband!
Gah! Window panes! Nobody said we had to look out for those, too!
There’s a lot of stuff going on. Care procedures in progress.
Gah! head injury. I lost all my foreign languages (and computer languages) and 90% of my vocabulary when I took a shot to the head back in 2001.
Wha? Wait, like a real shot with a firearm? or a fall off your bike? And DANG… that is nuts! You recovered mostly… yes?!
I have a friend who wrote a series of kids’ books (which I illustrated) called “Earl the Squirrel” … he wrote them to teach himself how to read and write after hitting his head after taking a bad jump skiing.
Remedy for concussion: rest.
That’s about all you can do… really.
Never had this issue myself, but I have helped friends who have. It’s rough. I think the worst of it has to be the frustration over not being able to do things….. like, almost anything…… while you try to get back to being able to do what you could before.
I imagine that would be a difficult task… having known you could do something BEFORE… but cannot do it presently. Daily living would be a frustration. That takes courage.
Another great page (of a not-particularly-great scenario)!
Thank you, Dada…