well i was a very happy man and i had 3 kids all boys I was 38 at the time,I
owned a aludt foster home and had 4 people in it and we where getting ready to
expand for more people my wife work as a baker in a store,all was well our sons
where 7,14,15 all great boys,well we took our son that was 7 on a trip for the day
the older boys did not want to go you know how kids are,well we where having a great
day off and having lots of fun that was july 12 1986 it was sunny and a very nice
day out,the next thing i know i was in the hosiptal 3 weeks later been in coma,my
wife was hurt and i was all broke up with muti brain injurys and lots of broken
bones plus my son was dead died the day after the accdent life support was turned
off,my mind was shot i was a man man they say i knew no one my life was gone my
heart had died with my son,i cant go on now more to come Earl Added September 24, 2004
Well i am back as life went on i was in the bottom of lifes barrel,but i had
my wife at my side but life was too tough even with the drugs i was taken so i went
into a metal hospital in petoskey mich.i was there a month and they got my meds
worked out, I had always been a smart man and i found out that tbi i was a new man
not like the one befour the accdent,things had changed my mind was slow and i could
not remender all at once there was no reruns on tv i just could not remenber ever
watching the show i was a changed man i was a boy with gray hair, i was not smart
and i had alot of other problems befour i had none hardly none,never took pills
befour and all at once 14 to 20 4 times a day,what was the matter with me i how i
dont remender anything,how come i cant walk i am in a wheelchair why how did this
happen my mind dont remender,how come people are not like me they look at me funny
people i was told where my freinds slowly went away and did not come back well i gu!
ess where not freinds anymore,why why i did nothing but i was not Earl anymore i was
someone else i was lost.i did not remender the accdent i was told what happen after
time went by,my older boys left home as soon as they could why i was not the dad
they new i was someone new i have not seen them for years why i did not change they
did my mine would not accept what was going on,i was out of the wheelchair, Added October 1, 2004
well as time goes on and i see the doctors for the head and the body the
world pushes me on and i am on my way to the new life i have been delt,so i have to
decide in my head what i should do alot of things dont make sence but i have to go
on,i go to the doctor for the head once a week and the doctor of the head that
gives me pills i see every other week this goes on for about two years,and they try
to keep me togeather and help me understand where i am at,i dont work any more and i
am having a hard time with that even though we do not have any problems with
money,but i dont understand no more work for you ever,i try to walk and i do get to
walk some,the town where i live was small and everyone knew me as i walked people
would say hi to me and talk but i did not know who they where,i had forgot it was
like i knew them but i could not get my mind to say yes you do ,it is like people
see me with no bandages and they could see not much wrong with me i did limp alot
and have to rest alot too,i knew very little about time days where months and it was
hard to understand why i would say the other day and my wife would say that was a
month ago,one day after some time had went by i went to the hosiptal and my wife
said the nurses would like to see you i said ok they did not belive it was me they
hugged me and even a few kisses but i knew none of them,not a one how could i forget
them??? Added October 24, 2004
Well as time goes on and i get better alittle i find that TBI have changes
you dont always stay the same,at this point i am on a lot of drugs from 3 doctors i
see and i will be on them a long time as i find out as time passes by,they are
Actos,Bactrim,Celebrix,Colace,Hyzarr,Nexium,Paxil,Quinine,Risperdal,TegretalVerapimil,Virgra,Vicodin
Es,Xanax,Zocor,Lopressor and that it about it for the drugs forever i would find
out,i could not belive it i hardly ever took a pill befour that is just one more
thing to accept,as time goes on things pile on more and more problems they told me i
would live a long time so that was not a worry,but just as i could accept something
i would get a new one.and i grew to know if you cant change it accept it there is no
other way life will not afford you to not accept things so when a doctor would tell
me something i would say ok and go on what else could i do be more depressed and sad
no Earl would say life is short you dont have have time to worry about what might be
