Florida boy suffers traumatic brain injury after nearly drowning

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[sherireedy]

So sad 😭
Praying for this little boy and family 🙏

[scratchnoff]

Why learning to swim is important even if you don't own a pool

[Rift]

I also have been traumatized from nearly drowning

[cakerus]

on 3 june 2023 my brother went unconscious
His eyes rolled back
...and doctors told us that he has a heart attack and as a result have hypoxic brain injuury...
uptill now there is no complete treatment for this thing..

He was a healthy person before...

Its been 4 months now almost

initially he can only open his eyes with limited look around movement..
now
He can move his lips tongue and eyebrows a little.
And he also started to yawn..
and few times ..very few times..move his elbow, feet finger, shoulder and head a little.
When something is put in his mouth he try to chew it

Almost after a month he started breathing on his own... initially was put on a ventilator

doctors says from now it all depends on patient's will power to secure complete recovery..

He was initially having food through NG tube now doctors have inserted through stomach what they say as "peg tube".

He also have tracheostomy tube in the neck
Also mri scans have shown global or severe hypoxic brain injuury

He is only 33


.
he also produce tears in both eyes..



he cannot even control his head ...



...
Right now he is discharge from the hospital and we are caring for at home we are doing physiotherapy ourselves.

To protect him from bed sores
We are changing his position every hour on bed

[theresehopkins]

What a beautiful attitude you have!!! 💙 I am so sorry something like this happened to your but it's true.... God has a reason!!! I pray that your son recovers.... because nothing is impossible with God!! 💙 💙 💙

[B-cwug]

The same thing happened to my cousin he would even drool, got physical therapy, and now he's normal and is married ... This boy needs a lot of therapy

[Dangerclose]

We took our daughter to swim lesson and even put her on the swim team to prevent things like this!

[gurnblanston]

Why isn't his mother in jail? Where is his father?

[tlmas]

exactly being a child and u not being a parent in making sure your home is child proof. pure negligence.

[benluciano]

You failed your son. Now He is going to be in Coloring Books and Crayons for the Rest of His days.

[tlmas]

guess he cant walk and there are no other children in the home as they have no barrier around the pool.