Just sent this link to a friend of mine who suffered from a full-bleed aneurysm a few years ago. She was lucky enough to be out in public when it happened, and got to a hospital in time for surgery (couldn't do the noninvasive method described in the excerpt).
Two weeks later they sent her home! It was amazing. Doctors told her that "Fifty percent of people who have one never make it to the hospital, fifty percent of those never make it home."
She's had some personality changes (to be expected with such a traumatic brain injury), but nothing horrible, and I'm amazed at modern medical science.
One of the hardest parts (emotionally, for her) was me helping her shave her head after she got home; they'd had to do part of it anyway for the surgery, and two weeks in the hospital hadn't done what was left any good as it was matted and beyond fixing. Shave a bit, let her cry, shave a bit, let her cry... until it was all done.
Two weeks later they sent her home! It was amazing. Doctors told her that "Fifty percent of people who have one never make it to the hospital, fifty percent of those never make it home."
She's had some personality changes (to be expected with such a traumatic brain injury), but nothing horrible, and I'm amazed at modern medical science.
One of the hardest parts (emotionally, for her) was me helping her shave her head after she got home; they'd had to do part of it anyway for the surgery, and two weeks in the hospital hadn't done what was left any good as it was matted and beyond fixing. Shave a bit, let her cry, shave a bit, let her cry... until it was all done.