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Title: Bulletin From Swizzyland
Post by: Snoopy on September 27, 2007, 08:00:06 PM
Lil Bruv is back and now home and heading for bed.
His Grandson is still in a coma. The Docs say it is the best thing they can do. His head is drilled (twice) to enable pressure to be relieved and electrodes to be placed.
The woman driver who hit him came out from a side road without stopping and the Swiss Police say she is to blame but are waiting to see what happens to the boy before bringing charges. He was apparently riding one of those scooter things that continental kids go in for (he will be 17 in a few weeks) and was wearing a helmet. Apart from the brain injuries he has a broken collar bone, superficial cuts and bruises and a couple of cracked ribs.
Thanks to all who enquired and wished him well. I'll let you know how it turns out.
Title: Re: Bulletin From Swizzyland
Post by: Nick on September 27, 2007, 08:02:52 PM
I have been wondering. So where goes it from here?
Title: Re: Bulletin From Swizzyland
Post by: Tinkerbell on September 27, 2007, 08:07:35 PM
Lil Bruv is back and now home and heading for bed.
His Grandson is still in a coma. The Docs say it is the best thing they can do. His head is drilled (twice) to enable pressure to be relieved and electrodes to be placed.
The woman driver who hit him came out from a side road without stopping and the Swiss Police say she is to blame but are waiting to see what happens to the boy before bringing charges. He was apparently riding one of those scooter things that continental kids go in for (he will be 17 in a few weeks) and was wearing a helmet. Apart from the brain injuries he has a broken collar bone, superficial cuts and bruises and a couple of cracked ribs.
Thanks to all who enquired and wished him well. I'll let you know how it turns out.
Please add my good wishes for the best ever recovery. I'll tryto bring a little fairy magic to the proceedings. All the best to the family.  :)
Title: Re: Bulletin From Swizzyland
Post by: Bar Wench on September 27, 2007, 08:32:32 PM
I can't believe I didn't know about this!!!

How awful!!

Send out good healing thoughts tonight!
Title: Re: Bulletin From Swizzyland
Post by: Sour Puss on September 27, 2007, 09:09:10 PM
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Title: Re: Bulletin From Swizzyland
Post by: Misunderstood on September 27, 2007, 11:44:37 PM
I can't believe I didn't know about this!!!

How awful!!

Send out good healing thoughts tonight!

 redface: redface: redface:  Hate to admit that I had somehow misunderestimated what had happened   redface: redface: redface:

Best wishes for a safe recovery, There's too much bad news around just now, don't want to hear any more.
Title: Re: Bulletin From Swizzyland
Post by: Snoopy on September 28, 2007, 08:04:43 AM
I have been wondering. So where goes it from here?

 shrugs: They say he may awake with some brain damage, he may awake with some or total memory loss, he may awake a vegetable, he may never wake. Whatever, with the exception of the last option, he looks likely to have a long period of rehab but the Docs say they simply have no way of knowing until they finally bring him round what the damage is. When they tried to bring him our of the coma last weekend he had breathing difficulties and his temperature rose alarmingly so they put him back under immediately and are keeping him that way until the judge it safe to decrease the meds and let him start to wake up. They say that he has youth on his side and that by keeping him under he has a better chance of his brain rebuilding itself.
The situation is not helped by family disputes between his divorced parents about who has the rights to make decisions. Swiss law is, I am told, very difficult about this. The father is Swiss, Mother is English (though has lived in Switzerland for getting on for 18 years and by dint of the marriage and despite divorce has two passports). The lad and his sister have dual nationality but the Swiss claim precedence as they were born in Switzerland and have lived there all their lives.

Thanks everyone for all the good wishes.
Title: Re: Bulletin From Swizzyland
Post by: GROWLER on September 28, 2007, 08:36:43 AM
Had this been mentioned somewhere already? Must have missed it, sorry. redface:

Sad to hear about all this Snoops, and hope he makes a good recovery.
How's your brother coping?
Title: Re: Bulletin From Swizzyland
Post by: Snoopy on September 28, 2007, 09:02:39 AM
Had this been mentioned somewhere already? Must have missed it, sorry. redface:

Sad to hear about all this Snoops, and hope he makes a good recovery.
How's your brother coping?

Thanks

In answer to how is the Lil Bruv coping  ~ with alcohol as usual  ::)
Title: Re: Bulletin From Swizzyland
Post by: Bar Wench on September 28, 2007, 09:07:37 AM
Oh dear.  eeek:

That's never going to be the answer. But then I spent the vast majority of the month I spent with my Dad before he died in an alcoholic haze.  redface: So who am I to talk.
Title: Re: Bulletin From Swizzyland
Post by: Snoopy on September 28, 2007, 09:37:56 AM
Oh dear.  eeek:

That's never going to be the answer. But then I spent the vast majority of the month I spent with my Dad before he died in an alcoholic haze.  redface: So who am I to talk.

I know ~ but it is too late to change him now. He doesn't see it as a problem and despite being Lil Bruv he is 57 years old so big enough to make up his own mind as to how he is going to kill himself. Annoyingly he is much fitter and healthier that me  evil:
Title: Re: Bulletin From Swizzyland
Post by: Bar Wench on September 28, 2007, 09:57:45 AM
They never do though do they.
Title: Re: Bulletin From Swizzyland
Post by: Berek on September 28, 2007, 04:28:34 PM
be assured Mal that, while the rest of the nation worries about Beckham and his dad , i'll be thinking of the lad..
Title: Re: Bulletin From Swizzyland
Post by: grumpyoldsoldier on September 28, 2007, 04:33:41 PM
Best wishes to you and yours Snoopy
Title: Re: Bulletin From Swizzyland
Post by: Snoopy on October 05, 2007, 10:29:03 AM
Thanks again all.
Update is that the lad came out of the coma last evening. Is sitting up in bed, all salient parts are moving and he has recognised and spoken to his mother. He has no idea what happened.
Title: Re: Bulletin From Swizzyland
Post by: Pastis on October 05, 2007, 10:42:24 AM
Oh, good news! Hope it continues that way  smile:
Title: Re: Bulletin From Swizzyland
Post by: Snoopy on October 05, 2007, 10:45:48 AM
Oh, good news! Hope it continues that way  smile:

Ta! Fingers crossed ..... he is young and they do bounce ~ fortunately!
Title: Re: Bulletin From Swizzyland
Post by: Darwins Selection on October 05, 2007, 10:49:25 AM
Thanks again all.
Update is that the lad came out of the coma last evening. Is sitting up in bed, all salient parts are moving and he has recognised and spoken to his mother. He has no idea what happened.
Sounds very promising.

Good luck to him.
Title: Re: Bulletin From Swizzyland
Post by: Tinkerbell on October 05, 2007, 11:34:36 AM
Fabulous news snoopy....all the best for continued progress.  ;D
Title: Re: Bulletin From Swizzyland
Post by: Sour Puss on October 05, 2007, 12:04:30 PM
Very good news, a great start that he recognizes his mum, not a bad thing he has no idea what happened just yet.
Title: Re: Bulletin From Swizzyland
Post by: GROWLER on October 05, 2007, 12:07:13 PM
Got his Great Uncles' fighting spirit and resilliance, not to mention a bira Bulldog ey? ;)

Always great to read stuff like this, even though we don't know him personally. happy088

Send 'im a mans Bear 'ug from me. 8)
Title: Re: Bulletin From Swizzyland
Post by: grumpyoldsoldier on October 05, 2007, 01:02:58 PM
Thanks again all.
Update is that the lad came out of the coma last evening. Is sitting up in bed, all salient parts are moving and he has recognised and spoken to his mother. He has no idea what happened.
Brilliant.. when he gets a lot better tell him that before the acccident he promised to clean the cars every Sunday after mowing the lawns
Title: Re: Bulletin From Swizzyland
Post by: Snoopy on October 05, 2007, 01:07:22 PM
Thanks again all.
Update is that the lad came out of the coma last evening. Is sitting up in bed, all salient parts are moving and he has recognised and spoken to his mother. He has no idea what happened.
Brilliant.. when he gets a lot better tell him that before the acccident he promised to clean the cars every Sunday after mowing the lawns

 lol: lol: lol:
Title: Re: Bulletin From Swizzyland
Post by: Darwins Selection on October 05, 2007, 03:50:24 PM
Thanks again all.
Update is that the lad came out of the coma last evening. Is sitting up in bed, all salient parts are moving and he has recognised and spoken to his mother. He has no idea what happened.
Brilliant.. when he gets a lot better tell him that before the acccident he promised to clean the cars every Sunday after mowing the lawns
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