Thanks for your story, Dan. Your situation pretty much zooms in on what
happens when someone, anyone has a trauma that presents, spinal cord injury.
Usually, the patient is place in restriction at the scene of the trauma and
positioned so that they
can't move. When they arrive at the ER, they are evaluated first and once
the sci is determined, a number of drugs are injected to prevent the smallest
movement. Traction is often used on compression injuries to relieve pressure.
Those drugs given to stabilize sci are very scary. Morphine is only one of
them. Another drug induces amnesia. Another is a pain killer. This is all to
stabilize the injure. Often steroids are induced to prevent the injury or
lesion from swelling/and healing.
I've heard too many stories from those who survived the experience and said,
if they had only been told me what to expect. Most had not experience the
effects of morphine before their trauma. "I remember every hole in the ceiling
tile"
Sleep Depravation is also another problem before one crashes. And then final
the "fusion procedure." Once the fusion is completed, all drugs are
withdrawn. Ain't that
great?
W
In a message dated 3/22/05 5:20:14 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
<< After my car accident, my 1st memories were of someone moaning and
groaning... I then realized that the sounds were coming from myself ! The
Doctors had
me in an induced drug coma for a few days with screws in my head attached to
traction to keep my head and neck straight till they could stabilize me and
operate.I woke up thinking...i'm in a hospital room hmm what happened , I
tried to move but nothing worked...about a week after surgury I began to
slowly
get back use of my arms.
*Dan* >>
