Your story sounds so familiar. My son was 14 years old when his heart stopped. They never found a reason but he was down for approx. 25 minutes. Luckily for us he started receiving CPR at some point. We were told much the same thing to not expect much and that he would most likely never get out of bed. It's now been 2 years and he is walking, talking, eating, and even dressing on his own. He is even back in school but not yet working at grade level. The main point is that you can never give up. For us, we keep our son involved in new things as a way of stimulating new brain development. We are still hopeful he will complete grade 12 and go onto college. What other sort of therapies do you do with your son to stimulate his relearning?
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Your story sounds so familiar. My son was 14 years old when his heart stopped. They never found a reason but he was down for approx. 25 minutes. Luckily for us he started receiving CPR at some point. We were told much the same thing to not expect much and that he would most likely never get out of bed. It's now been 2 years and he is walking, talking, eating, and even dressing on his own. He is even back in school but not yet working at grade level. The main point is that you can never give up. For us, we keep our son involved in new things as a way of stimulating new brain development. We are still hopeful he will complete grade 12 and go onto college. What other sort of therapies do you do with your son to stimulate his relearning?
April 26, 2016 - 6:22pmThis Comment
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