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<blockquote>I met an amazing girl named Yazmin in LA on Cinco De Mayo weekend. We kept in touch after I left, and she came out to visit me in NC two weeks ago. We had a wonderful time together in every respect and a few days after she got back home, we both admitted we had really strong feelings for each other. I was on cloud 9. Then this past Monday her best friend called me up to say that Yazmin had fallen off a two-story building onto the concrete the night before, and was now unconscious in the hospital. I was devastated. Luckily since then, she's regained consciousness, is speaking (if only in a rudimentary manner), is off respiratory support, can move her arms & hands, and can write messages to the doctors. I'm fortunate that her friend & brothers are keeping me posted on her progress. Right now all any of can do is wait and see what happens from day to day. But I'm really preoccupied about it and could really use some support from anybody who's been through a similar situation. Any strutters who have experienced brain injury and recovery - either firsthand or with a loved one - I'd truly appreciate your stories. Sorry to be a bummer but I figured at least some of you might have gone through the same thing. </blockquote> Sorry to hear about this man, it sucks. It happened to a friend of mine from high school, he went away to college and fell off his balcony. Might have been in a coma for a bit, I don't recall the specifics. All I know is a year or two later I see him at the local community college, he walks up to me and asks for directions and had no idea who I was. I saw this kid every day for four years, and this was 2 years later. I knew his head was damaged and stuff (this was the first I saw him since the summer right after high school graduation) so I just gave him directions and didn't even try and tell him who I was, I figured it'd make him uncomfortable or something. It was wierd man, I never ran into something like that before. I had two major concussions before I was 5 (age 3 and 4 I think), two more since then and a handful of minor ones. I have no idea how I'm going to be later on in life, we'll see.

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