TBI-Traumatic Brain Injury on Nightline

gyre · Post by **gyre** » Wed Feb 28, 2007 2:13 am

They did a show last night about Bob Woodruff's survival and recovery so far.
It is being rerun on abc news so you might catch it.
It may be on the net.
It is very well done.

gyre · Post by **gyre** » Wed Feb 28, 2007 2:56 am

They are running even more detail on the abc news
and there is a lot on the webhouse.

http://abcnews.go.com/

pinemom · Post by **pinemom** » Wed Feb 28, 2007 5:01 am

ok tears in the early AM........................................wow.

gyre · Post by **gyre** » Wed Feb 28, 2007 5:25 am

They ran the cameraman's story too.
There is more on Good Morning America.

The guy with the camera was much more exposed, as usual.

LeChatNoir · Post by **LeChatNoir** » Thu Mar 01, 2007 1:25 pm

He was on Fresh Air last night with his wife, too. Nice interview.

theCryptofishist · Post by **theCryptofishist** » Thu Mar 01, 2007 3:02 pm

I couldn't listen to the Fresh air after about 15 minutes. Scott was in a coma (11 days) on the first anniversary of the day we met. It was too mcuh for me. He had some sort of brain issues afterwards, but it wasn't "tramatic," at least I don't think so.

I miss him. He defied death so often. My arms are empty.

gyre · Post by **gyre** » Thu Mar 01, 2007 6:28 pm

What is fresh air?

Traumatic refers to the way you get injured.
Falling down or hitting a windshield is a traumatic injury.
Often the damage can result in a stroke, especially if untreated.

I'm sorry I didn't get to know Scott.

They are running new stories every day on this subject.
Woodruff's first story was about the effort a wife has put in to get treatment from the VA for her husband's brain injury.

gyre · Post by **gyre** » Thu Mar 01, 2007 7:08 pm

Bob Woodruff will be on Letterman tonight.

theCryptofishist · Post by **theCryptofishist** » Fri Mar 02, 2007 9:40 am

Fresh Air is an NPR radio program hosted by Terri Gross. It's actually pretty good. She interveiwed him and his wife.

Scott had a really bad asthsma attack in a dust storm that came onplaya on the wednesday after the event in 02. So he wasn't hit on the head or something. There was definate changes in mental functioning, but probably from something else than a blow.

It was scarey, scarey, scarey.

Yeah, you're sorry you didn't know Scott, just a sweetie.

gyre · Post by **gyre** » Fri Mar 02, 2007 8:50 pm

If he suffered oxygen deprivation, it could have the same result.
Asthma can be scary.

The Letterman interview was extraordinary.
Bob Woodruff got a good line off with Letterman too.
Bob completely misunderstood one of the questions,
one of those things that happens.
You could see the aphasia at play.
It takes courage to do public speaking like that in recovery.

gyre · Post by **gyre** » Sun Mar 04, 2007 7:43 am

Stuart Sutcliffe, one of the Beatles, in the original band, died from a traumatic brain injury a considerable time after a mugging.
He had complained of pain and probably died from internal bleeding.
It's a terrible way to go.
I've always wondered what was lost or changed there,
with the band.