You're right DTN... You know this kid's case better than the doctors that are treating him. rolleyes.gif

 

Did you watch the video? He's tracking movement with his eyes and can kind of eat. That's the extent of his life right now. It may get better, but not much. Brains don't heal like that.

 

Actually, brains are able to reroute communication. This is done through physical therapy. The dead parts of the brain don't heal, but the human brain is an amazing electro-chemical machine that can adapt.

 

Well someone bump this thread in a year, and we will do some searching. My money is on a few fingers and maybe able to chew food and twitch a few muscles. It's not going to be mirraculous. He has damaged the areas of the brain which allow him to actually do things.

 

sounds like a good plan to me smile.gif

 

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Three YEARS on, he can move his hands and feet a little, and sort-of put his foot under his wheelchair and propel himself backwards, but can't steer. They've put him through surgeries to correct his hands/feet-curled-like-a-gimp extremities, and he's got some scoliosis from sitting crooked 9 hours a day. He can sort-of shift his own weight in bed, which means the caregiver/family member might not have to wake up every couple of hours to move him. They're trying out a phone app that will let him use his eyes to do stuff through the computers. And he's started having big, bad seizures.



He wasn't a vegetable 3 years ago. He still isn't. He may die of old age before he walks on his own, though. Give me a 9-gram pill before I end up like this cat, PLEASE. Better yet, just switch the machines off if my only vital sign is a pulse.



The positive view, from a family member:

http://www.caringbridge.org/visit/caseybicknell/journal

http://www.caseybicknell.com/



The video tells the story: He's in there, in some capacity, but his body is a prison.

http://clikhear.palmbeachpost.com/20...aseys-journey/

 

And there it is folks...