Donny Winn | How Much Longer Can I Keep on Fighiting
How much longer can I keep on fighting to get my life back? How much longer tell I can be happy again? There are just some days that I just feel like giving up and throwing in the towel! I know that being here at Casa Colina is going to be very benafitual for me in the long run, I just t hate being confined into one little room most of the time. Besides from all of that, the worst part about all this is I can’t picture myself getting better anytime soon. Yes I know that I’m the one who made the decision to go in for the surgery but I didn’t have the slightest clue that it was going to be this hard.
The worst part about all this is that I’m confined into a little room with a roommate that we both have nothing in common with. Also my family who knows me the best have been saying that I haven’t been myself lately, but besides that the worst part about this experiences is that I have to ask permission to go to the bathroom which Is totally understandable, but still you have to figure where I’m coming from. I mean I was at home with complete independents. Now I’m being left in my room for a few hours at a time. Which blows?
On the bright side. I qualified for Casa Colina TLC program. My Mom and Dad are going to take me on a tour of the TLC facilities this Friday afternoon. Which I’m pretty stocked about! That’s the good news from my last blog.
Ill keep everyone posted about the TLC program soon.
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Hey Donny,
I’m sorry you’re having a tough time. Losing your independence is a big deal. In a short time though, you will be stronger than ever! I know you don’t see it, but other people see how much you’ve grown. Each time I see you or talk to you, I can’t believe your progress. I wish it was faster for you. Keep having faith because things are going to get better for you!!
Love,
Aunt Theresa
You have a great web site. Your web site inspired me. ‘How much longer can I keep on fighting’ is exactly the thoughts that were going through my head tonight. But as Lance says, ‘Live Strong’. Keep the spirits positive as can be and the body will follow. My brother races cars and motercycles and the trainers say if you are headed into the wall about to crash, if you look away from the wall toward where you want to go, you have a 75% of pulling though. But if you look at the wall, you’re a goner. In other words, keep your eye on the goal. As hard as it is, train your mind to see yourself in perfect health. These words of wisdom, I say to you as I say to myself everyday. Its a challenge, but hey we gotta ‘Live Strong’. To your health~
I am not familiar with your story Donny, but I have had a brain injury also. My story has hopefully helped people make the right decision about drinking and driving! I was nineteen, now thirty-one, and living in Colorado just after graduating in Wyoming a few months before, in a little town Castle Rock. A friend and I went into Denver to party, and about four o-clock in the morning and about four times over the legal limit to drive, we decided to drive home. We were on Lincoln Ave. which was one of the major south bond Avenues in town and where it intersected with I-25 the on-ramp and off-ramp were right next to each other. Like many sober people that had mistaken the two I had done the same. After I was on the off-ramp I passed out and my friend also. A semi-truck was exiting at the same time. The truck honked at us several times before my friend woke up to see the truck, reached over to pull the wheel to the right. The trucker had swerved to the left to where we were heading in the same direction, we collided on the driver side of my car, I was in a small 96 Chevy Cavalier so when we hit the car started to crumple. My friend and I were both smart enough to wear our seat belts but it was not enough to keep me inside the vehicle. I ended up on the hood and with the vehicle crumpling the, the drivers door came on-top of the hood and was on my head. The truck also ended up on the door that was on top of my head. Luckily a man was driving down the Avenue saw us before we collided and called 911. It was Swedish Memorial hospital that brought a Flight for Life, when they arrived at the scene they had to use the Jaws of Life to cut me the rest of the way out of the vehicle. I had to be revived at least two times before getting me to the hospital and at least one more time there. I had received a brain injury and while looking at my head found a blood clot. They of course had to remove the blood clot, had my left check bone replaced along with my left hip bone and top of my left thigh bone. I had several other broken bones and over all was lucky enough to live through the surgeries and was in a coma for a little more than a month. While still in a coma I was transferred next door to a rehab hospital, Craig, and there I had to relearn how to walk, talk, read, write, and do basic everyday things most take for granted. My father, which had taken three months off of work to be with me and I will tell you more later of what happened with him, my mother, and sister later, had documented it all with a camera, which I still have yet to see. I made a miracles recovery compared to what the doctors thought. I still have a lot of problems with my trying to fit in with society. Things seem to move to fast for me. I have never been to a place that you described but find my self confined with everyday life. I look forward to visiting your site again and maybe we might be able to help each other.
keep fighting bro!
Thanks To EVERYONE for sharing your stories! My husband was playing the game of basketball in which he loved and collasped was without oxygen for about 7-10 minutes. He suffered a Heart Attack that caused him to have an Anoxic Brain Injury. I also was told that Mark would be in a vegetated state if he were to wake up from his coma.
My daughters and I took our faith and said “NO” to taking him off of life support which” you all” know thats what some doctor’s ask you to do! He came out of the coma and off of the ventilator in less than 3 months. We also stayed around the clock and we learned all the medical things that had to be done for him at the hospital,like suctiong his trach,bathing him,cleaning soiled linens,therapy range of motion, talking to him just like we would if this hadn’t happened. We saw some good signs of improving. He was tracking us around the room , saying a few words , we made it to rehab for 5 weeks and then we started to notice a few changes.
The rehab started trying new medicines and that sorta made the tone on his muscle start to get worse, he really lost all the focus as far as the tracking to us. We thought oh my god what is happening? As of today we have been at 7 hospitals and home for a short 28 days in between.
I was so excited to hear that the baclofen pump worked for Donny. This pump was mentioned to us but, it hasn’t been done to date yet. As for Mark he is battling Puemonia.We are still keeping the faith that he will have a full recovery. Thank all of you for inspiring my family to keep taking more chances on the options that we have and if any of you can please keep writing about your experiences or can refer us to any open options please do THANKS !!!!
Donny thank you for having this site for all of us to communicate with each other!! I’m really going to check into the pump for mark thanks!!!!!! HOPE YOUR PROGRESS KEEPS GOING, STAY STRONG AND BELIEVE!!!!!!
Stay strong, Donny! Your website rocks!