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Post by bigyellowlemon on Apr 13, 2009 21:35:10 GMT -5
I found out he's totally paralyzed today, No PG for him ever again.
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Post by Qwerty on Apr 13, 2009 23:09:50 GMT -5
Well, there goes the whole re-teaching thing. Perhaps he can still use the forums, but I personally doubt it...
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Post by dbsndust on Apr 13, 2009 23:47:33 GMT -5
Sad... you can at least show him the uploads that are cool for him to look at... ex. Pixel Art.
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Post by bigyellowlemon on Apr 14, 2009 0:18:48 GMT -5
I was expecting to be able to re-teach, Though as soon as we got the X-ray photo's back I knew there was little hope.
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Post by I wuv M4( Satar Jaèoèdoæ) on Apr 14, 2009 14:39:33 GMT -5
I'm never going to atempt to climb a tree again.....
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Post by dbsndust on Apr 14, 2009 14:42:24 GMT -5
Wow, G..... whatever... not going to pronounce that...... ganondorfciampin that was some real tongue in cheek humor. Not funny.
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Post by I wuv M4( Satar Jaèoèdoæ) on Apr 14, 2009 14:47:45 GMT -5
Yeah, my fake cyrilic screwed up......wait....YoU DON"T NEED TO PRONOUNCE THAT?
Fortunatly there is reaserch going on about mind readering devices that can restore movement and speach. They can have it pick up all the signals, but actually making a mouth is hard. But they have made mind controloed mouses and monkeys that move arms....
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Post by artanis on Apr 14, 2009 15:32:45 GMT -5
Fortunatly there is reaserch going on about mind readering devices that can restore movement and speach. They can have it pick up all the signals, but actually making a mouth is hard. But they have made mind controloed mouses and monkeys that move arms.... Yeah, the research in Brain-computer Interfaces is advancing almost every day. As to the topic question, I don't think you should try to re-teach him anything 'sides from family. If he's truly lost all memory, there's nothing to re-teach, and you'll end up trying to teach him how to be someone else; There's no way to be happy like that. Put it in perspective, if you woke up in a strange bed surrounded by strange people who insist you are someone you have no memory of, every new piece of information is potentially overwhelming. If his memory comes back, wonderful, but that can only happen on its own. I'm not a doctor--and don't do anything his doctors or psychologist say not to--but I'd say as he recovers simply show him things he used to be familiar with, but do not let on that the person you knew was familiar with them, and prepare yourself for soul-crushing disappointment. |
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Post by jakebob on Apr 14, 2009 17:08:34 GMT -5
I'm never going to atempt to climb a tree again..... True... I was never gonna do it in the first place :/ but still... Paralysis... damn, that's unlucky. So he can't move at all, or can he move his head? I'd really hate to be locked into my own body cause of paralysis. Send him the internet's best. |
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Post by shirogake on Apr 14, 2009 18:08:55 GMT -5
He's actually quite lucky. Considering that fall and the fact he fell headfirst, he could be dead. Of course, there are things that are worse than death...
However, let him get to know everything about his former life before putting him on the road to PG.
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Post by ROBiT on Apr 14, 2009 20:25:18 GMT -5
You'd rather have to sit inside the shell of your body with no memory of your family than die?
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Post by artanis on Apr 15, 2009 0:22:54 GMT -5
You'd rather have to sit inside the shell of your body with no memory of your family than die? I would. There's always a chance that the right technology will come along to crack the shell, or by sheer luck that memory clicks back into place. But death... Death is permanent. |
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Post by shirogake on Apr 15, 2009 7:09:57 GMT -5
Ozone, I never said I'd rather die. I am saying that with the fall height, he could be dead. He's lucky he's still alive, but he's suffering.
Also take into mind that technology doesn't always succeed. Take certain surgeries, for example. There is a chance that the person could die during the surgery.
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Post by I wuv M4( Satar Jaèoèdoæ) on Apr 15, 2009 16:04:03 GMT -5
being locked up and loosing all memory is a fate almost worse than death.
The only reason its better is the chance of recovery.
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Post by bigyellowlemon on Apr 15, 2009 22:07:06 GMT -5
I've got some good news, today they did some work on BYL's neck and back the tried pushing the spine into place using sugery and other techniques. They said this saves 60% of paralyzed people, they also said you can tell if it's working within 1-5 days. Hopefully it will save BYL.
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Post by jakebob on Apr 16, 2009 11:34:47 GMT -5
Well that's good. Of course, the 60%'s a statistic, and just shows your success rate. That said, better to hope for life than wish for death, right?
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Post by ~Memzak~ on Apr 16, 2009 14:41:42 GMT -5
whoa, That is hectic.....
WOW..... I hope he gets better soon, (even though I barely know him / not worship him)
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Post by Qwerty on Apr 18, 2009 1:52:03 GMT -5
I hope he gets better...
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Post by dbsndust on Apr 19, 2009 21:14:17 GMT -5
Um, this is confusing, and what i first thought was fact i am now unsure of...
Here:
To become paralyzed, certain points on your spinal cord must break apart. If this occurs at the neck, total paralysis is common.
AFAIK, there is only one way to repair nerves, and this happened in the case of some NFL player; they froze his spinal cord or something and reattached it. Even if I was wrong on the details, I don't think you can fix that.
You might know something I don't, I'm not good with this.
Either way, I hope he leads an enjoyable life even though he is gravely injured.
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Post by Qwerty on Apr 19, 2009 22:23:01 GMT -5
Yes, I'm sure the doctors know something you don't.
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