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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I had a student who was severely injured.  He was hospitalized, in a coma, with a tracheotomy.  We were told to prepare the students for the fact that he was going to die.  A few months later, he regained consciousness, and we were told that he would return, but would use a wheelchair and be nonverbal.  A few months after that, he finally came home.  At that point he was able to walk, and could use a speech generating device at lightning speech.  Over the next few years he continued to gain skills, including spoken language.

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Thank you for posting this. Her parents are so down right now, in so much despair. They've been told their daughter will never recover because her injuries are so extensive. How can the doctors know that if the brain is so elastic and recovery is so unpredictable? She's still on a respirator, so can't breathe on her own -- is that so unusual only four weeks after the accident? She's started to open her eyes but they're not sure if she's coming out of the coma. It's a roller coaster. I wish I could be there to lighten their burden somehow. I want to give them hope, and your post has given me just a little. [/quote]

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