The effects of a traumatic brain injury can vary from mild to severe, based upon both the location of the injury and the severity of the shock. Individuals with a mild TBI can experience headaches, confusion, blurred vision, fatigue, and changes in mood and behavior. However severe traumatic brain injuries, such as in Brian’s case, can cause nausea, seizures, slurred speech, loss of coordination, increased confusion, and even result in an unresponsive state as in a coma, where an individual can only be aroused for a short period time with a strong stimulus. The impact of Hickey’s accident caused his brain to swell up against his rigid skull and required the doctors to perform a double craniotomy to relieve some of the pressure. A craniotomy is the “surgical removal of part of …show more content…
Some cause permanent, and irreversible damage to its victims, leaving them in deprived or vegetative states. However, some TBI’s allow for full recovery naturally or with the intervention of rehabilitative therapy. Studying and researching various examples of TBI in recent articles and informative books, allowed me to realize how amazing and adaptive the brain actually is. Through growth or rewiring, the human brain it is able to preserve itself and find ways to restore different functions and