Life can change in the blink of an eye and one such way is a brain injury. Without a person’s brain firing on all cylinders, life can become a constant barrage of daily challenges.
Hang On Sloopy
The song was playing on the radio as Brad Dearth’s mother drove him and his older sister home. Then an unlicensed and uninsured driver turned left against a red light on a no-turn lane. The driver slammed into his mother’s vehicle.
His sister needed six stitches for a scrap on her forehead and his mother sprained her hand. But Brad had hit his head on a window knob resulting in a depressed skull fracture, leaving him limp and unconscious. The doctors gave him little to no chance of living.
In the 33 years since the accident Brad Dearth has struggled with many forms of mental illness, all from that day when his head whacked the window knob of his mother’s vehicle.
A Crack In Time
During a horrible car accident a close friend of a biology student had smashed her head against the side window and broke the window upon impact. She was in a coma for 3 weeks before waking up. She recovered from her injuries and was deemed to be “physically” healed by her doctors. But her personality had done a complete u-turn.
She was no longer the person her friend and her family once knew. Her mind had become forever injured by the car accident that caused her head to go through the window. More aggressive tendencies start to show and, even though her IQ was the same, her mind had been changed on a level that doctors have yet to comprehend.
Brain Rock
Tracy Morgan, a popular actor from the hit NBC show 30 Rock, sustained a brain injury in a limo van accident. The accident was so traumatic that his lawyer claims he may never be the same man he once was. After getting hit by the Wal-Mart truck driven by Kevin Roper, the severe brain injury he suffered left him fighting for his life in the hospital for weeks.
Morgan has fought to get better at every turn, trying to overcome his injury and he keeps fighting daily to live his life. But it is said he is still not getting better. There is a lot of hope that he will get better, but his lawyer says the jury is still out.
The Fall of a Lifetime
Leigh Erceg was managing a ranch and while feeding chickens she fell into a ravine and suffered severe brain and spine injuries. Doctors were not sure she would ever walk again. They found the most damage was to her brain. Leigh Erceg had forgotten everything about her life. She had zero interest in math and art before her brain injury and earned a degree in physical education.
Now, she has become a gifted artist. She can see sounds and hear colors when listening to music and enjoys spending time solving math equations. She has also become extremely sensitive to light. One turn of events wiped out her whole life and created a new one.
A Decade of Change
Paul was your average person until an accident changed his life. Severe brain injury affected his very way of living due to a car accident. Flashbacks of the ambulance sirens still haunt him and 10 years later his is still struggling with life.
He was left immobile and in a vegetative state. He had to relearn things that most people take for granted, like speaking, blinking and lifting a finger. Now 10 years later he still walks off balance, speaks slower and has tremors and shakes. The permanent scars will always be there from that one day, leading to a life of recovering and uphill battles.
Steve Roberts founded the Law Office of Steve Roberts, LLC. By sticking to his principles of protecting the rights of people injured due to another, provide honest hard work, maximizing client recovery, and that clients always come first, he has developed a strong relationsip with the Colorado Community. If you have been injured, check out Colorado Roberts Law to speak to an attorney today.
