i would like to know if any one has dealt with a partner with a head injury ?

Question

my husband has been in the hospital with a head injury, to the brain it has been 2 and a half weeks and he is just waking up but he's really confussed about why he;s there. can any one help me understand what is going to happened next.

Answer 1

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Take Care and God Bless you.

Answer 2

So sorry about your husband.
There is a predictable progression in the recovery from traumatic brain injury called The Rancho Los Amigos Scale. It has 8 stages, as follow:
#1 unresponsive (i.e., coma)
#2 responsive to pain
#3 localized response (turning head or gazing in the direction of the stimulus)
#4 agitated and confused (patient may be combative). This is usually the stage when the patient begins to recognize family members. Also, most rehab centers wait until this stage before accepting a patient (not nursing homes).
#5 confused without agitation
#6 no longer confused, but still may have memory problems
#7 robotic (flat affect and rote responses)
#8 getting pretty much back to normal

Answer 3

All traumatic brain injuries are different. Some recover quickly, while some take longer. My Dad was kicked and stomped in the head by a stud horse he was breaking several years ago. He recovered completely in some ways, Regained most of his memory, but could not do some simple things that he had done his whole life, like change the windshield wiper blades. He was also much more emotional after the accident. But I've worked with patients with TBI's that had much more traumatic injuries than my dad that recovered completely. So you can never really tell except with time.

Answer 4

Each brain injury is particular to that person and the area of the brain that was injured. Get as many details from your doctor as possible and then research the specifics.
Yes, I had a partner that had a front brain injury and was in a coma for a month.
It takes a tremendous amount of patience on your part. Many things will have to be relearned. There may be distinct personality changes. I hesitate to say anymore, as each brain injury is so very different.

Answer 5

Hi there,

I am sorry to hear about your husband having a head injury. This is very, very scary and tramatic to you as his wife and the rest of your family.

I am not a partner of a head injured spouse, I am the husband who had the head injury. I was shot in the head at close range by an employee of mine who then comitted suicide. I have no memory of the incident. I happened to know the individual very well and for about twenty years. Nothing about it all made sense to me nor any one else.

I was in a coma for five days, intensive care for one week and left the hospital after two weeks. My jaw was wired shut for six weeks. My right ear drum was destroyed and my facial nerve for the right side of my face was severed. I had a number of operations in the following six months and several others in the following two years to repair the ear, do a nerve graft, and a few other things relating to my face being asleep and having problems with my eyesight. Although they are not as frequent I had and still have bad, scary dreams. I have had a great deal of struggle with severe depression. This happened almost twelve years ago.

I don't know what caused your husband's head injury nor how traumatic it was for him.

Myself, I still had my thinking abilities but I was very very slow to figure even simple things out. Over time this improved. I would also loose track of what I was communicating about and would have to wait a minute for it to come back to mind. I couldn't talk because of my jaw being wired shut so I wrote, not too well but that is how I communicated. I couldn't walk and had to learn how to do it over a period of three days. I had to use a walker and would stand there for several minutes thinking real hard and finally get my leg to move forward. I would then have to do the same for the other foot. When I left the hospital I was using a cane.

I was dizzy alot and had a great deal of balance problems. If I stood up quickly or sat up in bed quickly, my head would spin. I think this was because of my ear problems.

I am supposing that your situation will be somewhat different but still similar in some respects.

Your husband will likely get depressed some---again I don't know how this all happened. You and your family members will likely have a bout with depression. Seek counseling to head this off.

I would like to now say that my concern is for you his wife. Everybody seems to pay all of the attention to the injured person and that to a degree is good as they are the one that is broken.

One of the problems that my family faced is that my wife and six children ranging from five to seventeen years old had to be strong which they were. However the whole situation can get very taxing on you emotionally.

I would encourage you to get some support and also get someone who can spell you off some in your care of your husband.

My heart goes out to not only your husband but too you and your family. I know what a toll this sort of situation can take on you. One thing is that you do not know how your husband will heal and how he will be in a year or two. I am sure you have had to take up the slack in taking care of some of the things that he did.

I wish you luck and hope that things will turn out for the best.

Answer 6

I'm sorry to hear about your husband. I don't have personal experience with head injuries, but do know a bit about them. One of the most important things to know is that no two injuries are alike. You should talk to the doctor to find out the extent of his injuries and location and what you as a spouse should expect. Good luck to you and your husband. I hope he does well in rehab.

Answer 7

about a year ago my dad was out riding his motorbike with some of his mates and he hit a tree branch and took a big hit to the head. He had serious concusion and was immediatly rushed to the nearest hospital. He suffered memory loss and couldn't remember his nurses name ten mins after she told him. It had the doctors and my family and friedns very worried. He thoguht that he still worked at his old job which he had quite about 2 years previous to the accident and he thought that out home phone number was my grandmas. He had brain scans and tests done and waas kept in for observation for a few days. He eventually started remembering things and he is now fine and can not remember anything from the accident to hsi time in hospital. I guess it will be a lot different for you because evryones different. I dotn think anyone apart from your husbands doctors can tell you whats going to happen next, they may not even be able to tell you. Its all a matter of time until you find out, be patient and do all that you can to help your husband im sure that hel be fine.

Answer 8

he may have to be told every time you walk in the room what has happened, and possibly who you and he are, but it should start to click soon. The brain has to learn how to rewire itself. Most rehab places have a sign that says "Today is Sunday December 10th 2006" ( the correct date) in every corridor, and the patient's name on the door, so they can learn. it takes time, and he may never remember everything, but it will mostly come back. Good luck!

Answer 9

that is normal i work in a hospital & i see that sometimes they will repeat questons over & over ist normal and he should return to himself soon, just be thankful he is alive