All posts tagged 'brain swelling'

Soccer Referee In Coma After Being Punched By Player

Posted on May 2nd, 2013 · Posted in Brain Injury

What do you do when a soccer referee gives you a warning about your unsportsmanlike behavior? You punch him in the head. At least that’s what one 17-year-old did Saturday during a game in Taylorsville, Utah, according to the Deseret News of Salt Lake City.  Now the referee is in..
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Former Idaho Beauty Queen Recovering From Traumatic Brain Injury

Posted on October 3rd, 2012 · Posted in Brain Injury

A former Mrs. Idaho sustained a traumatic brain injury (TBI) this summer, but is on the road to recovery, according to NWCN.com. The ex-beauty queen was slated to appear on “The Today Show” yesterday, Monday. http://www.nwcn.com/home/?fId=172014071&fPath=/news/local&fDomain=10227 Jamie Hilton, who was Mrs. Idaho 2009, had a spill in Hells Canyon, Idaho,..
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Brain Injury Coma Survivor Story: From College Girl to Coma Survivor

Posted on January 28th, 2011 · Posted in TBI Voices

Brain Injury Coma Survivor: Betty Part One – TBI Voices Begins its Second Story I have been doing brain injury representation for over 20 years, and there are times I swear that the condition is contagious.  Of course it isn’t, but  it is such a prolific tragedy, that as soon..
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Doctors Preserve Utah Man’s Skull By Putting It On Ice While His Brain Swelling Goes Down

Posted on August 17th, 2010 · Posted in Brain Injury

Doctors actually froze the skull of a 25-year-old Utah man who sustained traumatic brain injury in a longboarding accident, according to Fox News.   http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,599652,00.html The patient, Kyle Johnson, had 10 fractures in his skull from his accident, which happened when he and his friend decided to go longboarding down a..
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