Shown
10-18-2006, 01:04 PM
DH has finally gotten a doctors appointment only 3 months after the last fight at work, I only hope that his mind can recover from this. I have been begging everyone since August 1, to please get him some medical help before it is to late.
Brief History: Hubby has a brain mass (2.5 cm pineal cyst), that was discovered on a CT 10-15-05, he had a roller sakting accident and while at ER they did a CT, he had no hydrocephalus present at that time but by the time of the MRI 4 days later he had hydro. So we left Texas and went to New York City for brain surgery, 11-16-05, the precedure was a Stereotactic 3rd Ventriculostomy, in short they poked a hole in the floor of the 3rd ventricle to allow for excess fluids to drain. He returned to work on 1-13-06, he works in a juvenile correction facilty he taught judicated boys ages 16-20 a vocational trade (bricklaying), not the most people friendly enviroment to be in and surely not a brain surgery friendly enviroment. The school agreed to have someone else in the shop with him, well this latest for a couple of weeks, in only had 4 students at the time, and then they slam him with students (14 of these jerks) and they pull his assistant. There were a couple of other shops on campus that only had 8 students but his has 14 and they wanted to put 16 and I pitched a fit about that and it didn't happen. Okay then comes the first fight, him and student tumble down 4' of concrete steps, student lands on bottom, again thee is a small fight in his shop, each time there is a fight it makes him physically ill, well he was feeling really bad that day after the fight so he is headed home and while walking out he comes upson a gang fight (5 boys) and three administrators, automatically he steps in to help, three guys have one boy down and he restrains one of the others himself, okay fight is over eveeryone is calm down and then wham one of the guys hits him in the face with his fist and grabs hubby by the throat they go to the ground, hubby's right elbow was all cut up, his lens where scratched, his left shoulder blade was cut, and the right side of his neck swells up. Did they call a doctor, no they call me to come get him, finally a week later he sees the doctor that comes to the school, he wants to see him in his office that day, well it took 4 days for the school to get all the paper worked filled out and me calling the school screaming for them to get him to the doctor. His brain procedure was done on the right side of the brain also.
So this is the end of May the first of June. July he started showing brain trouble, just slightly but it is there, smelling chocolate on my forehead that kind of thing. Then come July 25th he goes over two desk with a student and that is all he remembers has not been back to work.
Now WC is saying we will treat the right arm, the right shoulder and the right side of his neck but we will not treat the right side of his brain that was pre existing.
Well it might have been pre existing but he was going to work every day now he want leave our little town afraid that he will not remember how to get home. He has very little short term memory and his long term is not all that great. His physical strength is gone, he could not restraint one of those jerk to save his life or mine right now. It is just a bad situation all the way around and now our paychecks have stopped well they stopped over a month ago.
So we are doing both the Workman's Comp thing and Social Security Disability thing, my point is his job owes him the ability to get another job, those people are not worrying about them repossessing their home, their vehicles, and how they are gonna buy groceries to feed their family. The friends he made on this job he was on for 5 years are afraid to even talk to him now, they have just turned their back on him.
Sorry for such a long vent it just makes me angry everytime I think about my husband who has worked all of his life in a very dangerous field (refractory brickmason) he worked inside of refineries and in areas that you and I would never even consider going in and to get hurt teaching juvenile delinquents just angers me to no end. He was not only a brickmason, he is considered a skilled craftsmen and never in all his 20 years in the refineries was he ever hurt.
Thank you for reading!
Shown
Brief History: Hubby has a brain mass (2.5 cm pineal cyst), that was discovered on a CT 10-15-05, he had a roller sakting accident and while at ER they did a CT, he had no hydrocephalus present at that time but by the time of the MRI 4 days later he had hydro. So we left Texas and went to New York City for brain surgery, 11-16-05, the precedure was a Stereotactic 3rd Ventriculostomy, in short they poked a hole in the floor of the 3rd ventricle to allow for excess fluids to drain. He returned to work on 1-13-06, he works in a juvenile correction facilty he taught judicated boys ages 16-20 a vocational trade (bricklaying), not the most people friendly enviroment to be in and surely not a brain surgery friendly enviroment. The school agreed to have someone else in the shop with him, well this latest for a couple of weeks, in only had 4 students at the time, and then they slam him with students (14 of these jerks) and they pull his assistant. There were a couple of other shops on campus that only had 8 students but his has 14 and they wanted to put 16 and I pitched a fit about that and it didn't happen. Okay then comes the first fight, him and student tumble down 4' of concrete steps, student lands on bottom, again thee is a small fight in his shop, each time there is a fight it makes him physically ill, well he was feeling really bad that day after the fight so he is headed home and while walking out he comes upson a gang fight (5 boys) and three administrators, automatically he steps in to help, three guys have one boy down and he restrains one of the others himself, okay fight is over eveeryone is calm down and then wham one of the guys hits him in the face with his fist and grabs hubby by the throat they go to the ground, hubby's right elbow was all cut up, his lens where scratched, his left shoulder blade was cut, and the right side of his neck swells up. Did they call a doctor, no they call me to come get him, finally a week later he sees the doctor that comes to the school, he wants to see him in his office that day, well it took 4 days for the school to get all the paper worked filled out and me calling the school screaming for them to get him to the doctor. His brain procedure was done on the right side of the brain also.
So this is the end of May the first of June. July he started showing brain trouble, just slightly but it is there, smelling chocolate on my forehead that kind of thing. Then come July 25th he goes over two desk with a student and that is all he remembers has not been back to work.
Now WC is saying we will treat the right arm, the right shoulder and the right side of his neck but we will not treat the right side of his brain that was pre existing.
Well it might have been pre existing but he was going to work every day now he want leave our little town afraid that he will not remember how to get home. He has very little short term memory and his long term is not all that great. His physical strength is gone, he could not restraint one of those jerk to save his life or mine right now. It is just a bad situation all the way around and now our paychecks have stopped well they stopped over a month ago.
So we are doing both the Workman's Comp thing and Social Security Disability thing, my point is his job owes him the ability to get another job, those people are not worrying about them repossessing their home, their vehicles, and how they are gonna buy groceries to feed their family. The friends he made on this job he was on for 5 years are afraid to even talk to him now, they have just turned their back on him.
Sorry for such a long vent it just makes me angry everytime I think about my husband who has worked all of his life in a very dangerous field (refractory brickmason) he worked inside of refineries and in areas that you and I would never even consider going in and to get hurt teaching juvenile delinquents just angers me to no end. He was not only a brickmason, he is considered a skilled craftsmen and never in all his 20 years in the refineries was he ever hurt.
Thank you for reading!
Shown