I came close to this in 2019. I was admitted to a hospital due to a brain scan. The doctors disagreed on a diagnosis and sent me home after 4 days.
Sending me home was very Providential and saved my life. My wife prayed that they would do this. She was able to take me in to see my primary physician. He recognized my symptoms and called a doctor from Barrows Neurological that he had on speed dial. She gave him some simple tests to perform which validated his assessment. She saw me the next day. I was already going comatose in her office. They took me to St. Joseph’s hospital next to Barrows and operated the next day.
Both the original doctors were wrong. If I had gone comatose in the original hospital, I would have been sent to ICU and would have been dead within the week. My doctor said that these other doctors were just following normal protocols.
My problem was that all of my brain fluid had leaked out of my spine. My brain cavity was filled with blood. Your brain does not float in blood and mine was sitting on bone. Once they located and stopped the leak, the brain fluid replenished and displaced the blood.
It took several months for total rehabilitation. I am an engineer and I currently lead a small team which migrated a mainframe computer system to a Google Cloud instance. So, yes, I am rehabilitated. 😀
Good story; thanks. Bless you.
You may be interested in these books, which is on neuroplasticity and includes brain injuries.
The Brain that Changes Itself and The Brain’s Way of Healing, both by Norman Doidge. We initially checked them out of the library and liked them so much that we ordered copies for ourselves.
We’ve learned to check our local library and check books out first. Some recommended books are worth it and others we thought would have been a waste of money.