My Pelvis: The Cause Of Brain Injury

It was a normal spring night and my baseball game had just started. It was senior night and I was pitching, we had just finish the first half of the first inning. My teammate struck out, it was my turn to hit, I swung for the ball and my leg popped twice. I went down and didn't get back up, My leg was stuck to my chest and I couldn't move it. The visiting team's coach was an EMT he ran over and said ¨this is going to hurt¨ and pulled my leg straight. What had happened was when I swung the bat my leg didn't move and my kneecap dislocated and instead of my ligaments tearing, they stretched and broke my kneecap. This was a challenge for me because this was the first time I had never broken a bone in my life. I went to the doctor and he said nothing was wrong, so my

Being a typical 9 year old, I bawled my eyes out. When I moved my arm, it hurt even more. My mom came over to see what all the commotion was all about and I told her what had gone on. I also told her that whenever I moved my arm, it hurt and it felt very weird. She told me we would have to head to the hospital in Columbus to go get an X-Ray to see if it was broken. Thankfully, this was after my older brother’s band’s performance. He came over to us, and my mom told what was about to happen and what we were about to do. He wasn’t happy, to say the least. After about 5 minutes of arguing, my brother lost and my mom took the rest of us to Columbus. As we got into the car, she told me to keep my arm as still as I could, to which I did. We didn’t go to the hospital right away, however, we went to McDonald’s instead to try and make me feel better with some ice cream. It worked, and made me feel glad, even until I got into the hospital. I had never had a broken bone before up until that point in my life, so I didn’t know what to expect. We sat in the waiting room for about 5-10 minutes, until the nurse came into the room to tell us that the doctor was waiting. We got into

It only takes a split second for a jolt to the skull to cause extensive damage and serious impairment of the voluminous and vital neurological functions. Who would be your power of attorney? How would you pay for the medical bills? Questions the majority of people never even think of- you never think it could be you. Effects may be long term or short term, depending on the gravity of the incident. Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) is a serious public health problem in the United States. Based on recent studies, on average, 1.7 million people endure a traumatic brain injury each year.

My request to see a new specialist was denied, even know it was eventually approved, it took months. When I was finally able to see the new physician, he diagnosed me with the problem on my very first visit. While I was being told that I was lying about my injury, my ankle was only getting worse. I was diagnosed with having a stage three ruptured ligament, but because it took 17 months to find my injury, I damaged my other ligaments and the tissue was not supporting my bone, so my ankle bone was poking through my tissue every time I walked, the doctor was amazed that I was still able to walk on it, even in a cast. My new specialist put in a request for surgery, which was originally denied, and it took four months to finally receive the surgery. I received this surgery during my first year of college, in the middle of the spring quarter. Having surgery in the middle of a school quarter created a lot of challenges. I had surgery very close to the time where most professors had midterms, so I had to create arrangements with my professors to make up the exams and other

I conducted research regarding head injuries such as concussions in athletes and came across to find many sources have said the leading cause of death from sports-related injuries is traumatic brain injury. Traumatic brain injury can happen when the head suddenly and violently hits an object, or when an object pierces the skull and enters the brain tissue. A concussion is a part of traumatic brain injury which happens a lot in sports like football. According to a report made by NCCSIR, several football players associated with brain trauma complained of headaches or had a previous concussion before deaths. There have been suggestions made that the cause of concussions in football players happen because of many hits over time not by a single

After wait for a few minutes they called my name and we walked me down the hall and to the X-Ray room. They made me take off my boot and stand on this weird X-Ray and I had to set my foot on this weird square. I was really scared because I didn't want it to be broke again or worse. They took me back into the waiting room when the doctor came in and had the X-Rays. He said the my foot

I was thirteen, and I had just come home from a school softball game. My friend Dalton had invited my sister and I to come and swim at the neighborhood pond. My sister stayed home, but I got permission to go. After a while of swimming, Dalton looks at me claims that he’ll jump out of a tree near the bank if I jump out. Of course, I accepted my friend’s little dare and climbed into the tree, focusing on the seven-foot-deep drop-off off of the bank. Regrettably, I didn’t jump far enough. My right leg landed in the drop-off, but my left leg hit the clay, which caused all of my weight to shift to my left foot. I felt an immense pain in my ankle and started screaming while crawling over to the bank as Dalton ran to get my mom. After I finally made it to the emergency room, I found that I had broken my fibula at an upward slant, which caused the upper part of the bone to slam down into my ankle.I had completely blown out every ligament and tendon on the left side of my ankle. I had to have a plate and four screws implanted into my fibula along with the surgical repair of all of my ligaments and tendons. The entire ordeal left me extremely interested in the human body, and this interest was heightened when I had to get my appendix removed a few months later and again when I took Anatomy and

Next, they put me in a different room upstairs to take some x-rays, they figured out that I had 2 fractures (so practically broken!) They put an enormous cast on my arm that went all the way down to my elbow and I had to wear that for 2 weeks or something like that. After a while of having it on, my arm got numb and I couldn’t feel my hand! When we got traveled back after the 2 weeks they gave me another cast. The difference was that it was smaller and only went down to my wrist also my 2 fingers (pinky and ring) were at a 90 degree angle. They told me “Wear that one for another

Randy came in today, 11/6/17 with a spiral fracture to his left leg. The nurse practitioner (Shunnia) and doctors (Dr. Stock, and Dr. Rulewitz) are concerned while how Randy’s leg is broke. Mom (Kendal) said Randy and another sibling was playing there was water on the floor from the icemaker. The family moved into the home last week. The child fell. The incident took place today. Reporter stated the child’s leg look like someone twisted it. It is unknown if someone did twist the child’s leg. Mom thought it was the child’s foot. His fracture is on the front of his tibia from his knee to his ankle. Randy went to another unknown clinic and he was sent to North MS Medical center. He is in pain. Reporter informed mom she would have

I fell backwards and heard a crack, after that all I remember is excruciating pain. I was rushed to ER, there was my first encounter with caring and helpful strangers who made the pain disappear and the experience became my rite of passage into the trying, sometimes painful, and always gratifying world of medicine. The root of my desire in entering the medical field is to help people and to provide comfort to them while providing excellent treatment just as I received as a girl that alarming day.

She decided to give me some tests unrelated to the injury to begin my session with her. It was everything from strength determination (I was in the LOWEST 99% tile) to flexibility (In the highest of the 99% tile). After these findings she pulled my mom aside and talked about a disorder she believed I could have. There is no cure, nor any medical treatment that can help. In my case, it means I am extremely injury prone and I will simply have to get used to living with aches and pains. There was a genetics doctor I could go to if I wanted to be officially diagnosed, but my mom decided against it since it wouldn’t offer any medical

Crutches were required for the first two weeks of my initial injury and as soon as I went to my first appointment at the rehab center, they made me do obstacles without the crutches. At the time, this gesture seemed absurd and I did not want to do it, mainly due to my fear of further injuring myself. The first segment of my therapy, involved lying on a bed and doing an ultrasound. I know it may sound strange, but they put lotion on my hip, massaged it, then used what an ultrasound technician would use, ultimately causing my hip to go numb in entirety. By doing this, I could manage doing the exercises because I would only feel minimal pain rather than extreme pain. With each appointment, my therapist pushed me to my limit for the entire 45 minute period. I came to the conclusion, it was pure hell, but I was off my crutches within days. The exercises my doctor assigned me were meant to make my hip stronger and appropriately, I was granted not to use my crutches on a daily basis

I had told my dad that the pain was bothering me in my hip area but it was mainly my nerves. My father had set an appointment for a checkup to see what was the problem. Therefore, I went to St. Francis to see my doctor. The doctor couldn’t find any result. The nurses from St. Francis sent me to Tallgrass to get an MRI. My results showed that I had a cyst in my groin area. The cysts were causing my bone to spread or push my bone away from the socket. The physician gave me a cortisone injection, supposedly it was to “strengthen” my legs. That never really helped me but then they had sent me to KU- Medical Center, where the sarcoma specialist and other physicians are. I had to see an orthopedic named Dr. Rosenthal, Rosenthal told my family and I that I have benign cancer. It is not a major tumor but it’s still cancer. The doctor gave me a not saying that I had to wait for it to heal again.

During infancy, the consistency of the brain tissue is similar to that of custard, making it extremely vulnerable to blows, jars, and other abrupt motions. In SBS and other pediatric brain injuries, several injuries may occur as a result of these motions. Cerebral hemorrhaging is evident in SBS. As blood collects where the brain has been damaged, there is compression or distortion of the remaining structures of the brain, which increases the risk for loss of blood flow to those structures. SBS may also result in brain bruising in multiple areas. These injuries involve speed of the shaking or high impact, which results in the brain bouncing against both sides of the skull, producing multifocal deficits. SBS cases range from mild to extremely

Honestly , it was my first time going to the Accident and Emergency department i was scared and worried about what will happen to my wrist and how will my parents react .While my teacher was doing all the registration i sat there in state of shock . It was really a blessing having my best friend by my side comforting me and constantly telling me everything will be alright . I was then called to do some X-RAYS before consulting the doctor . My parents finally came and just right it was my turn to consult the doctor , my mother then went in together with me . The doctor was then examining my X-RAYS that i took before consulting him . My heart was beating very very fast as I am a right hander and i need my right hand to do many things . Finally the doctor spoke , he said that there was no obvious or major fractures shown in my X-RAYS but i have to put an temporary cast on my hand. He then referred me to a specialist at KK Children Bone Specialist to ensure there was no hairline fracture or any small minor fractures .