Brain Doc

Grace had the appt with the Brain specialist on Wednesday and it was not what we expected.

We both went in thinking we would walk in, he would concur with the trauma doc that she would need to be out of sports for 6 months and we would leave.

That is NOT what happened.

He did a full assessment, scared the crap out of both of us, told us next steps and we left.

The nutshell version is she has a mild to moderate brain injury and is at significant risk of a severe brain injury with another concussion.  He still sees evidence of the brain injury in her exam.  She needs to have a neuro psych exam to get more data on how her brain is operating.  She is under her care until he releases her and needs to take every precaution to avoid a blow to the head.  If she does have one it is an immediate trip to the ER regardless of how bad we think it was or how she feels.

There was a lot more detail that I won't provide her for fear of scaring the crap out of you too.

The good news is she is recovering and we are so lucky for the tremendous health care we are receiving.  This particular doctor is amazing!