Thanks Tellstar, sorry not been online in so long, my laptop broke. My hair isnt naturally dark but think it may have been dyed dark brown when I was last online and is blonde now, shoulder lenght. Wouldnt say my eyes were round more slanty shaped lol
Alison
Hi Tonya, sorry for the misunderstanding the link didn't show properly. Is a short youtube video of a young man Donny Winn and his recovery from traumatic brain injury. If you search ' Donny Winn/Traumatic brain injury changed my life' you should find it. allong with a whole lot of other inspirational videos.
Donny also has his own web site /. My daughter and I cryed so much after watching the video hope you get as much hope out of it as we did 
Alison
please add my daughters daddy, Derek to your prayer list. He had a serious brain trauma two years ago and is now showing signs of recover, but still has a long way to go and our girl wants him home for her 16th birthday in march if not before.
Thanks you
Alison
misstonya, I have some photos of my partner very much like the photo of your son. wish I could upload them but have had disputes with other family members who dont agree with me taking photos of him being the way he is, they feel that the 4 men who done this to him would see them and laugh at them, so have to try and keep the peace at the moment .
My partner isnt ever consistant with anything and can still go days, week n months without responding to anything. Its a big problem with rehab because when he doesnt respond the doctors cant work with him and threatinening to give up on the rehab, when they think maybe he's not ready Then the next day he'll shock everyone, like he had me in tears when he asked the nurse to call me on my birthday, we spoke on the phone he said he loved me and told our daughter he was proud of her.
He gets very frustrated to when people dont tell him wats going on so I think its important to remeber that because he doesnt repond doesnt mean he dont hear you and understand whats happening. He is trying so hard to communicate anyway he can and still has his pesonality despite what the experts say, and will have good and bad days the same as we all do. but in the past his attemps to squeeze my hand or smile when I asked him have been dismissed as muscle spasm or when he tryed to make a sound they said it was the infection in his chest and that due to the damage of tracheosomy he may never speak . I always tryed to stay positive when speaking to him but got so frustrated one day that I burst into tears, then our daughter started crying n when I looked up he was crying also. was so good to know that he could feel emotion as we never knew for sure before then, and was even better when he first laughted, when we took the dog to see him and the dog broke wind lol but thats just his sense of humour and he still laughs every time we mention it.
There is some great video's on youtube that have given me hope, will try and post link.
misstonya, so glad to hear you son is recovering.
My partner has been in the same position since 2009 after a violent attack, He was placed in a care home and given no chance for rehab as they said the damage was so severe there was no hope for him ever recovering, the best we could expect was that he maybe able to situp and drink through a straw.
He has just recently started speaking again, and not only knows who everyone is but can also recall storys I told him, when everyone thought he couldnt hear or understand anything. He's now getting rehab but still has a long way to go.
I hope and pray this will happen for your son also, and feel that if you incourage him and believe in him then he can recover.
Things that I feel helped my partner were music as has been mentioned before, also chating, reading the newspaper to him, letting him know what day and time it is and how long he has been sick . Ask him to do simple tasks like sqeeze your hand or stick out his tongue, blink his eyes or blow a kiss. It all takes time but all the little things eventually add up. My partner couldnt even breath on his own without a ventelator and now he can speak and feed himself!
Hi Tellstar, would be interesting to hear any insights you have for me in general or do you need a question to answer?
Thanks
Alison
Hi all,
Not been on here for ages and cant remember how this all works and not sure if Im posting in correct place but looking for advice on Leo male, who is my daughters father. I'M cancarian and my daughter is pisces. Is almost 2 years now since my daughters dad was left with serious brain damage and unable to do anything for himself. In the last few months he has only just started speaking again and has made remarkable progress, allthough he still has a long way to go. allthough our relationship in the past has been rocky we have allways remained good friends and I'm hoping and praying he will be well enough soon to return home.
My daugter and I have always believed he will recover despite what the doctors and everyone else were saying. I had a dream that he was speaking to me a few weeks before he was able to speak. Last night I had a dream that he could walk and we were dancing so hoping this will happen soon and Im not just going mad lol Just wondering if there is anything in his astrology that will help with his recovery?
Thanks
Alison
I have just completed 5 years of study. I still have to wait on exam results and find work but hoping that things will be looking up for me.
Being a mature student and single parent has not been easy and in the next year I plan to start my own business and buy my own home so still have a lot of hard work ahead of me before I get to where I want to be in life.
Life hasn't been easy the last few years with the deaths of close friends and family among other stuff but I accept that we all have to move on and take responsibility for our own happiness in life.
Alisonxx
