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A Great Weekend with the Boys
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Feb 13, 2012 8:36 am
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I can't believe I spent so much time, last night, writing about how great the weekend went, and the post didn't even post!
I don't even know if I can remember everything, today...but, I'll try.
Starting with Saturday morning...I went to the gym and ran a full twenty minutes and didn't even feel tired! The only reason I stopped was because the battery died on the MP3 player. I still lifted the 20 pound barbell for a little while...I know that might not seem like much, but, I AM a woman...and I don't want to hurt myself!
After the gym, I went home and told the boys to get up so I could take them out for lunch. They were happy about that, but it still took awhile to get Zach off the instruments. I'm glad he likes learning instruments. It would just be nice if he'd get ready when I ask him to.
But, it wasn't that big of a deal. I mean, it isn't like we had an appointment where we had to be anywhere at any certain time.
So, we ate lunch...and the cashier didn't hear the order right, so we got an extra burger! She said she was going to have to throw it away, so we might as well keep it. Chris liked that. He ate too much, though.
From there, we went to Major Thrift to see if we could find a desk for Chris. No luck. We went to the Rescue Mission Thrift store, after that. We didn't find a desk there, either, but Zach found a good deal on some speakers, so I got them for him. We have surround sound, again! Chris found some really cheap video games, too. He was happy about that.
Then, we looked at the Good Will store. No desk...but we did find some hiking boots for Chris. I bought a couple more Bibles, too, because on Sunday, we were supposed to bring Bibles to lay on the altar so that a woman could give them away by putting them on bus stop benches. We found a couple of other things, too.
You know what was really funny? These two guys, in their twenties, we saw at Major Thrift and the Rescue Mission store, were at the Good Will, too! I asked one of them where they were going next and said we should car pool! I recognized them from a few months ago because I'd seen them at a thrift store looking for record albums and told them my Dad would probably have what they were looking for. I'm not sure if they remembered that, though.
We went to Life Way, next. I love that store! I took my three $5 gift cards and a $5 coupon and the cashier let me use them all at once! I saved $20!
Chris picked out two Disciple cds. I got a book by Frank Peretti, a picture frame, a DVD on the Jesus story...I think it's a documentary. I saved so much I pre-ordered the "Robin Good" DVD and they gave me a free Veggie Tales DVD with that!
Pretty cool!
The boys were tired after that, so we didn't even get groceries.
I went to church on Sunday and couldn't stop dancing. They played so many songs I love. I didn't see Mary, so I'm not sure if she went. I asked the woman next door if she wanted to come with me, but I think she was too tired. I think I made a new friend, though, because the woman that sat in front with me last week sat by me again yesterday. She likes to sing, too.
It snowed last night! We just never know what the weather is going to do!
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This is Too Funny!
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Feb 11, 2012 11:20 am
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My son just read an internet article about Winnie the Pooh and the rest of the gang. Each on of the characters seems to represent some sort of mental disorder!
Winnie the Pooh has ADD.
Tigger has ADHD.
Eeyore has depression.
Piglet has a generalized anxiety disorder.
Christopher Robin is schizophrenic.
Rabbit has OCD.
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In the State of Confusion
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Feb 10, 2012 9:08 pm
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I've been so busy trying to correct what I let get out of hand that i just totally left blogland for a week. I'm so ashamed of myself for neglecting everything I was neglecting, but so proud of myself for finally getting things together that it all just leaves me in a constant state of confusion.
I think they call it OCD. Too bad it doesn't come around more often. My house would be a lot cleaner.
So, I know no one wants to know all I got done, but I'm going to record it anyway...just because...I can!
I took three garbage bags full of clothes to the mission, today, when I cleaned out my closet and dresser. Yesterday, I took three garbage bags full of clothes to the mission that I got out of Chris' closet and dresser. I don't know why we had so many clothes. I think it's because i keep forgetting what i already have at home and buy more. That has to be it, because I just gave away probably fifteen pairs of jeans. I made sure the boys still had the jeans that were long enough for them. I feel like I'm surrounded by giants, now! They're both so tall! It makes me feel a little safer, now that they're older...Chris is almost always taller than anyone I've gone out with. He calls them all midgets.
That isn't really what I was going to write about, though. I'm not dating anyone, lately, anyway, because I'm more interested in getting things done.
Yesterday, when I was cleaning Chris' room and getting rid of a thousand t-shirts, I decided it was time to raise the bar in the closet where the long-sleeved shirts were hanging. It wasn't so hard unscrewing it from the wall, but trying to screw it back in, above my head? That was a trick. I had to balance that thing on my head and I kept dropping the screws. It took a long time to get that bar hung. I don't even think I did it straight. It does hold the clothes, though, and that's the important thing. Now it's at their eye level and maybe it will get them to dress nicer. I think the low level of the closet bar must have been the reason why Chris never uses anything in his closet, but prefers t-shirts...even on cold days. Why not? He's collected hundreds of them!
So, what else has been happening?
My younger brother fainted and had to go to the hospital. He had to stay there two nights. He's okay, now, but it was scary thinking there was something wrong with his heart. He has irregular heartbeats, but no blockage. I'm glad he got to go home.
I found out that the church, in my neighborhood, that gives away all the food does it every Friday. I went there, today and they gave everyone three boxes full of boxes of mashed potatoes. I gave one box to my next-door neighbors. I gave them lots of other things I know we wouldn't have eaten, too. Mostly everything they give away is bread and potatoes, and some desserts, like the chocolate mousse they gave away last week. I didn't take any this week because we love it too much. Today, though, they gave away more fruit. I got a bag full of sliced mangoes, and those are so good!
God has really been taking good care of us!
Tonight, it's supposed to get down to four degrees...brr...
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STUDY
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Feb 5, 2012 8:17 am
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I got this totally awesome book that gave me all these Bible references to look up and I wanted to share. After all, isn't keeping our eyes on Jesus and God's Word the MOST important thing we can do?
OKAY! HERE IT IS!
Signs of the Times
* People living as if God didn't exist
*Explosion of knowledge and freedom of travel
*Wars and rumors of wars
*Widespread acceptance of immoral behavior
*Vacuum in world leadership
*Increased demonic activity
*Widespread abandonment of the Christian faith
*Evidence of breakdown in families
*Spirit of selfishness and materialism
*General disrespect for others
*Human leader declares himself to be God
*People ridiculing God's Word
*Significant shifts in political power and influence
Don't we see all of this going on right now? Yes! We do! The signs of the times are all around us!
Now, here are the verses the Bible gives that teach us what to look for.
PEOPLE LIVING AS IF GOD DOESN'T EXIST
Genesis 6:5 Then the Lord saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and that every intent of the thoughts of his heart was evil continually.
Luke 17:26, 27 And as it was in the days of Noah, so it will be also in the days of the Son of Man. They ate, they drank, they married wives, they were given in marriage, until the day that Noah entered the Ark, and the flood came and destroyed them all.
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EXPLOSIONS OF KNOWLEDGE AND FREEDOM OF TRAVEL
Daniel 12:4 But you, Daniel, shut up the words and seal the book until the time of the end. Many shall run to and fro, and knowledge shall increase.
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WARS AND RUMORS OF WARS
Mark 13 But when you hear of wars and rumors of wars, do not be troubled: for such things must happen, but the end is not yet.
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WIDESPREAD ACCEPTANCE OF IMMORAL BEHAVIOR
2 Peter 2: 5-6 He did not spare the ancient world, but saved Noah, one of eight people, a preacher of righteousness, bringing in the flood on the world of the ungodly.
and turning cities of Sodom and Gomorrah into ashes, condemning them to destruction, making them an example to those who afterword would live ungodly.
and delivered righteous Lot, who was oppressed by the filthy
conduct of the wicked.
for the righteous man dwelling among them tormented his righteous soul from day to day by seeing and hearing their lawless deeds.
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VACUUM IN WORLD LEADERSHIP
Psalm 2: 1-3 Why do the nations rage and the people plot a vain thing?
The kings of the earth set themselves, and the rulers take counsel together against the Lord and against his Anointed, saying, "Let us break their bonds in pieces, and cast away their cords from us."
Revelation 13 4-9 So they worshiped the dragon who gave authority to the beast, and they worshiped the beast, saying, "Who is like the beast? Who is able to make war with him?"
And he was given a mouth speaking great things and blasphemies and he was given authority to continue for forty-two months. Then, he opened his mouth in blasphemy against God to blaspheme His name, His tabernacle, and those who dwell in Heaven.
It was granted to him to make war with the saints and to overcome them. and Authority was given him over every tribe, tongue, and nation.
And all who dwell on the earth will worship him, whose names have not been written in the Book of Life of the lamb slain from the foundation of the world.
If anyone has an ear, let him hear.
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INCREASED DEMONIC ACTIVITY
1 Timothy 4: 1 Now the Spirit expressly says that in the latter times, some will depart from the faith, giving heed to deceiving spirits and doctrines of demons,
speaking lies in hypocrisy, having their own conscience seared with a hot iron.
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EVIDENCE OF BREAKDOWN IN FAMILIES
1 Timothy 4:3 forbidding to marry
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WIDESPREAD ABANDONMENT OF THE CHRISTIAN FAITH
2 Timothy 4:3-4 For the time will come when they will not endure sound doctrine, but according to their own desires because they have itching ears, they will heap up for themselves teachers
and they will turn their ears away from the truth.
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SPIRIT OF SELFISHNESS AND MATERIALISM
GENERAL DISRESPECT FOR OTHERS
2 Timothy 3 But know this, that in the last days, perilous times will come: for men will be lovers of themselves, lovers of money, boasters, proud, blasphemers, disobedient to parents, unfaithful, unthankful, unholy, unloving, unforgiving, slanderers, without self-control, brutal, despisers of good, traitors, headstrong, haughty, lovers of pleasure thather than lovers of God.
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HUMAN LEADER DECLARES HIMSELF TO BE GOD
2 Thessalonians 2:3-4
Let no man deceive you by any means; for that day will not come unless the falling away comes first, and the man of sin is revealed, the son of perdition
who opposes and exalts himself aove all that is called God or that is worshiped, so that he sits as God in the temple of God, showing himself that he is God.
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PEOPLE RIDICULING GOD'S WORD
Jude 17, 18 But you, beloved, remember the words which were spoken before by the apostles of our Lord Jesus Christ; how they told you that there would be mockers in the last time who would walk according to their own ungodly lusts.
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SIGNIFICANT SHIFTS IN POLITICAL POWER AND INFLUENCE
Revelation 13: 3 And I saw one of his heads wounded, and his deadly would was healed. and all the world marveled and followed the beast.
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Grr...Some People Really Like to Irritate People
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Feb 4, 2012 8:13 am
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I'm not going to let anyone irritate me for long. Why? Because I simply don't have the attention span or the memory skills to hold a grudge. People will be who they are, no matter how we try to change them. They will only change if they want to. We can't force anyone to be nice or even humble. We can suggest it, but we can't force it. If some people insist that they are right and act like they have proof that they are right, then they believe they are right even if they are wrong no matter how many times we show them otherwise.
Whatever. That's all I can say about that.
AND NOW...for my unique way of turning things around just by changing the channels of my brain to something that I would rather think about....Heeeeree's Charla!
Last night, I went to the most awesomest basketball game with my son, Chris. He plays trombone in the band. Normally, I don't have the attention-span to watch the games and I just sit there texting to Zach, at home, (because going to sports events bores him even more than it bores me)...but this time was different....because I know D.J., from the Y who has a son who's named after him and he's the star player on the team. And can that boy play basketball! He can throw the ball clear across the court and it lands in the basket! He can get up underneath the basket, just tap it with his hand and make it go through! And, once I realized what color uniforms our team was wearing, I couldn't take my eyes off the game.
We won, by a long shot! But don't ask me what the score was. I had to spend the last quarter of the game looking for a bathroom.
I didn't even realize there was a basketball game last night until after school, when Chris told me he had to go back to the school at 7. Nice of him to spring it on me like that!
That's okay, though. Spontaneity is just how my life works.
Earlier that day, I went to the Y...of course...my favorite place.
This time, Mary spoke to me for quite awhile, then as I was leaving, she said she'd see me at church on Sunday! She's been going for a couple months, now, I think. This time, when she was talking to me about it, though, someone else who works at the y chimed in that he didn't go to church. Kelly's been talking to him about it. I told him he should come with Mary and me! He said he wasn't so sure he wanted to be seen with us...LOL! I told him I thought I could understand why!
I went to the church that gives away food on Fridays after that. One of the things I should have left there was a big container of chocolate mousse with bits of chocolate in it....LOVE IT TOO MUCH!
Most of the stuff they were giving away was all things that would go bad if your freezer wasn't big enough...and mine isn't. So, I took a box full to my next door neighbors to give to the woman that was living with them for a few months. They had told me she was moving out the day before, so I thought she would probably have to start over getting food.
She was glad to get it.
Then, she told me she wanted to come over for a Bible study, sometime, because she knew she needed prayer. Isn't it amazing that God just opens doors for us to talk to people like that?
So, I told her I wanted to pray with her right then and she wanted to, too!
It was a very short prayer, but I'm going to keep praying for her. I don't think God is done showing her things aren't hopeless.
While I was going back home, I saw the man that lives on the corner and thought he might like some of those corn tortillas I got from that church. They were giving out whole boxes full.
I took three packages to him and he told me he didn't want them, at first. Then, I saw that he had company and that guy knew my name!
I said, "Who are you?"
And he told me. I hadn't seen him since he was a child, but he remembered me. We went to church together. I think he's homeless. He seemed really grateful to get the tortillas and I told him that if he wanted some more of the food, I'd share it with him.
Since we grew up together, I really feel like I want to help him, if there's any way I can.
I wrote to his sister on face book and told her I saw him. She hasn't written back, yet.
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Children and TBI, The Brain Injury Guide
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Feb 3, 2012 4:31 pm
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Age 2-5 years: Very basic sensory processing abilities (e.g., vision, hearing) develop to near adult-like levels, although analysis of complex information remains limited. Basic knowledge of language syntax is generally acquired by age 4. Memory systems are developing. The brain’s ability to inhibit and control impulses and emotions is limited.
Age 5-10 years: Advances occur in language complexity and in memory abilities. Increasingly complex language abilities are evident, both in expression and comprehension. The ability to inhibit and control behaviors and emotional remains limited relative to the adult, but is gradually improving. Source and autobiographical memory skills develop (e.g., recall of the context [e.g., when] of an event in memory).
Age 11-13 years: The ability to inhibit and control impulses and emotions increases during this period, coinciding with increasing activity in the prefrontal cortex. Notable changes occur in brain structure and chemistry during puberty. Declarative memory skills continue to develop.
Age 13+ years: Steady advances occur in other executive functions, such as working memory, selective attention, and problem solving; this may in part reflect increased connections between broad networks of cortical regions. Metacognition (one’s knowledge about one’s own thought processes/strategies) develops during this period. Ongoing gains in declarative memory occur. There continue to be structural and functional changes to the brain (e.g., connections between regions of the brain [reflected in white matter volume] may continue to develop through the 6th decade of life).
TBIs can cause different challenges for children depending on their developmental stage at the time of the injury.
Causes of TBI in Children
Falls
There was a 62% increase in fall-related TBI seen in emergency departments among children aged 14 years and younger from 2002 to 2006.
Falls cause half (50 of the TBIs among children aged 0 to 14 years.
Falls from less than 5 feet rarely result in severe brain injuries.
Children who experience a fall at home seldom sustain fractures of the skull.
Minor intracranial injuries without neurological deficits are more common.
Sports and Activity-Related Trauma
Approximately 2 out of 5 traumatic brain injuries among children are associated with participation in sports and recreational activities.,
The following 10 sports/recreational activities represent the categories contributing to the highest number of estimated TBIs sustained by children ages 14 and younger in 2009:
Cycling
Football
Baseball and Softball
Basketball
Skateboards/Scooters
Water Sports
Soccer
Powered Recreational Vehicles
Winter Sports
Trampolines
In school settings, the potential risk for head injuries is increased in sports/activities where collisions are more likely to occur (e.g., playground activities, contact sports).
Information about concussions in specific sports is available on the CDC website: http://bigchurch.com#1
Some research has suggested that high school athletes may take longer to recover from concussion compared to college athletes.
National Federation of State High School Associations (NFHS) and Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) have developed a free online training program for high school coaches.
The training is designed to educate coaches and others involved in student sports about the importance of proper concussion recognition and management.
See: http://bigchurch.com=15000
For additional information about Sports-Related TBI, see Special Populations – Athletes section.
Shaken Baby Syndrome (SBS)
SBS is caused by violent shaking of a baby by the body, shoulders, arms, or legs.
Because infants’ neck muscles are not fully formed, the shaking causes a whiplash effect.
This whiplash effect can result in bleeding in the brain and/or in the eyes.
SBS can result from shaking alone and from an impact (with or without shaking).
Very young babies (ages 0-4 months) are at greatest risk for SBS.
An estimated 25% of babies who are shaken violently die from the injuries they sustain.
In infants, inflicted trauma or abuse is the #1 cause of death and disability.
Initial signs of SBS may include:
Extreme irritability
Decreased activity — lethargy, no smiling or vocalizing
Feeding changes — poor sucking or swallowing, decreased appetite
Neurological signs — difficulty breathing, seizures, eyes not tracking movement
Physical examination of infants with SBS may reveal:
Subdural hemorrhage
Retinal bleeding
Epidural hemorrhage of the cervical cord
Gripping marks (bruises) on chest and/or shoulders
Tearing injuries of the throat and neck muscles
Inconsolable crying is the #1 trigger for Shaken Baby Syndrome.
Support and education for parents can reduce occurrence of Shaken Baby Syndrome.
Consequences of TBI in Children
The effects of a TBI will differ depending on the age of the child when the injury occurred.
As with adults, more severe brain injury is associated with greater likelihood of cognitive and behavioral difficulties. (See TBI Basics: Mechanisms of Injury, Injury Severity).
Research suggests that younger age at injury (< 7 years) is associated with increased risk of long-term difficulties.
Some believe this may be because older children have developed more skills prior to the TBI.
TBIs may affect existing abilities and can also impact the development of emerging abilities. In general, new learning and emerging learning abilities are more likely to be affected by TBI.
As a result, some effects of the TBI may be more immediately impairing (e.g., problems with new learning), while others may not be observed until later (e.g., problems with complex problem solving, behavioral inhibition, etc.).
The challenges experienced by a child with TBI may change over time, so ongoing monitoring of cognitive and behavioral development is essential.
Physical/Medical Consequences
Long-term medical problems may or may not occur following TBI. As with all TBI-related difficulties, the type and severity of difficulties will depend on multiple factors related to the nature and severity of the TBI. Potential problems include:
Fatigue
This can include lowered alertness and/or decreased endurance.
This is often the most common complaint, particularly in the early period following recovery from TBI.
Headaches/pain
Particularly in the early recovery period, headaches may be a common complaint.
Motor/coordination difficulties
Slowed gross motor skills (e.g., slowed walking/running).
Problems with fine motor dexterity (e.g., problems writing)
Difficulties with coordinating complex motor tasks (e.g., problems engaging in sports-related activities such as batting, accurate throwing, catching)
Seizures
Children may develop seizures as a result of injury to brain tissue.
Once correctly diagnosed, medications are often effective in managing seizure activity.
Cognitive Consequences
Cognitive difficulties experienced by children are similar to those observed in adults (see TBI Basics, Cognitive Symptoms). Specific symptoms may include problems with:
Memory
Encoding (learning) new information at the same rate as peers
Being able to learn as much new information as peers
Being able to recall/retrieve information that was encoded
Retaining information as the complexity of the material increases
Attention/concentration
Sustaining attention for long periods of time
Ignoring distractions (e.g., noise in the environment)
Keeping focused on one task until it is completed
Concentrating on visual information and/or auditory information
Planning/Organization
Organizing items in his/her environment
Knowing where items are (e.g., books, homework)
Organizing his/her time
Effectively planning how much time is needed to complete tasks
Planning a strategy for completing multi-step tasks
Language
Communicating by speaking and/or writing
Being able to retrieve desired words to communicate thoughts
Having fluid, fluent speech
Writing difficulties (e.g., may be due to problems with expression, organization and/or manual dexterity)
Comprehension of spoken and/or written language
Having difficulties understanding a complex set of statements (e.g., multi-step instructions in class)
Being able to make interferences based on discussions and/or information provided by others
Thinking Speed
Quickly comprehending information being presented
Completing written assignments in class and at home
Responding as quickly as his/her peers (e.g., to questions in class)
Visual-Spatial difficulties
Having difficulties with spatial orientation
Understanding/recalling relative locations of places within the school
Experiencing difficulties with visual tracking
Following line across the page when reading
Finding objects that have been misplaced
Intellectual functioning
For younger children (< 7 years), lowered global intellectual functioning (IQ) may occur
For older children (8+ years), IQ may seem unchanged, except for slowed processing speed
IQ may appear to “decline” with age due to a widening gap between the injured child and same-aged peers associated with slowed development
Behavioral/Emotional Consequences
Emotional and behavioral changes experienced by children with TBI are often one of the more significant sources of difficulties/stress in families and in school settings.
Personality changes
Families often report their child’s personality has changed
The child may be seen as more or less outgoing, irritable, active, etc.
The child may demonstrate changes in interests (e.g., loss of interest in previously enjoyed activities).
Emotional distress
Symptoms of depression and/or anxiety are not uncommon following childhood TBI.
They may directly result from changes to the brain.
They may reflect difficulties adjusting to difficulties since the TBI.
Symptoms experienced may be influenced by circumstances surrounding the injury.
Depression is the most common emotional reaction to TBI in older children and adolescents.
Anxiety may manifest in general nervousness or restlessness in children of all ages.
Adaptation to change in the person’s sense of self, or self-identity, can be a source of distress for older children and adolescents.
Difficulties with Social Relationships
Problems with skills associated with effective interpersonal communication, including:
Turn-taking skills
Use of appropriate eye contact
Awareness of and respect for interpersonal space
Awareness and appropriate use of non-verbal communication skills (e.g., gestures, facial expressions, body language)
Difficulties understanding nuances in social relationships
Executive function difficulties
Problems inhibiting automatic (sometime inappropriate) responses
Increased impulsivity in behaviors and decision-making
Problems with judgment
May lead to increased suggestibility (ability to be led or influenced by peers)
Heightened emotional lability
Increased irritability
Problems with frustration/anger management
Decreased motivation and/or interest (apathy)
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Copied From "Children and Brain Injury...BIAA
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Feb 3, 2012 4:20 pm
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Symptoms
Physical impairments Cognitive impairments Emotional impairments
speech
short term memory deficits
mood swings
vision
impaired concentration
denial
hearing
slowness of thinking
self-centeredness
headaches
limited attention span
anxiety
motor coordination
impairments of perception
depression
spasticity of muscles
communication skills
lowered self-esteem
paresis or paralysis
planning
sexual dysfunction
seizure disorders
writing
restlessness
balance
reading
lack of motivation
fatigue
Judgment
difficulty controlling emotions
Any or all of the above impairments may occur to different degrees. The nature of the injury and its consequences can range from mild to severe, and the course of recovery is very difficult to predict for any given child. With early diagnosis and ongoing therapeutic intervention, the severity of these symptoms may decrease in varying degrees. Symptoms can vary greatly depending on the extent and location of the brain injury. Impairments in one or more areas (such as cognitive functioning, physical abilities, communication, or social/behavioral disruption) are common.
Recovery
What makes a brain injury in children different?
While the symptoms of a brain injury in children are similar to the symptoms experienced by adults, the functional impact can be very different. Children are not little adults. The brain of a child is continuing to develop. The assumption used to be a child with a brain injury would recover better than an adult because there was more “plasticity” in a younger brain. More recent research has shown that this is not the case. A brain injury actually has a more devastating impact on a child than an injury of the same severity has on a mature adult. The cognitive impairments of children may not be immediately obvious after the injury but may become apparent as the child gets older and faces increased cognitive and social expectations for new learning and more complex, socially appropriate behavior. These delayed effects can create lifetime challenges for living and learning for children, their families, schools and communities. Some children may have lifelong physical challenges. However, the greatest challenges many children with brain injury face are changes in their abilities to think and learn and to develop socially appropriate behaviors.
Common deficits after brain injury include difficulty in processing information, impaired judgment and reasoning. When an adult is injured, these deficits can become apparent in the months following the injury. For a child, it may be years before the deficits from the injury become apparent.
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Getting Things Done
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Feb 2, 2012 6:58 pm
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Sometimes I'm way up, doing something every second. Sometimes, there's no motivation at all. It doesn't seem like there's much in between. I wrote a poem about being extreme, once. I should find it and post it...maybe someday, I will.
Not now. Now is the time to record this day, and it wasn't such a bad one.
I got both boys to go to school. It's so much easier to focus when I know they're both doing what they're supposed to...or at least, they're where they're scheduled to be. Nothing like that happened, yesterday. At least, today, it did.
I went to the Y, even though I went last night. I even stayed longer than I normally do. Now I know that all I was doing before was warming up, because today, after I did all the machines I do, and the barbells, it was easier to run and actually make myself sweat. All that exercise made me hyper.
I went straight to the bank after that. I was scared, too, because I had looked at my balance online just a few days before and it looked like i wasn't going to have enough for the rent and bills. I made the choice though, that even though my balance was going to be low, the first of that money had to go to rent. I didn't want my parents to be last on the list.
I went inside the bank to ask them to just directly deposit my rent into their account, then found out that the balance was three times what I thought it was! Almost four! That really confused me because I wasn't expecting any more!
I got so excited I called my parents in the bank to tell them I was just having the bank deposit the rent for this month and the rent for December. I think things will be a lot easier since the bank will have to do all the remembering now, instead of any of us.
I sure hope the bank didn't make a mistake and give me someone else's money. I'll find that out, tomorrow. They couldn't tell me where the money came from yet. That's why the only money I spent was for rent and the car After wash.
Since I had some money in the bank, I got a roll of quarters for the car wash. I can't believe how bad I let it get. There was an apple in the console I'd left there a couple of months ago. That was really gross. I got it cleaned out, though. I vacuumed and washed the windows and used the hose for the outside. My car never looked so good...but it still has all the scratches and places that need to be repainted.
After I cleaned out the car, I came home to wash all the towels from that mess last night. I got that finished, too.
Then, I had some difficulty moving the trash bin full of very smelly mud away from the front of our house. I don't know why I left that there so long. It was heavy. Really heavy. My back hurts thinking about it. But, at least, it isn't there, anymore. I emptied it where we've tried to garden. I don't know if I want to attempt that this year. I'm not very good at it.
Hey, did you hear that the groundhog saw his shadow? It sure doesn't seem like we'll have six more weeks of winter when the temperature was in the sixties, today.
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Emotions All Over the Place
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Feb 1, 2012 7:46 pm
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I heard this could happen with people with TBI. I guess that's why I'm always so emotional. It's not anything new. Just that, today, everything was way more pronounced and I couldn't stop laughing my guts out or crying in public because people just didn't understand.
Funny, I should be experiencing some kind of emotion right now because the toilet flooded again. I figure, I didn't do it. Chris did, and he can clean it up. He's big enough to clean up after that. Whether he does or not...that's another thing. He'd better!
This morning, Chris said he was sick and wouldn't go to school.
Zach had an early appointment with his therapist. He thinks Zach will be rich since he knows so much about computers. He keeps telling him he can go into business for himself...even at his age!
I took him home and Zach printed off five or six more pictures of the brain and it's functions so I could put those up again and show other people how cool it is that different areas of the brain control different things like emotion, balance, vision. I still want to get a model of the brain. I saw one at the pharmacy. They had to send off for it.
Zach only made it to the last couple of classes. I'm not as worried about him because he's getting all A's.
When I took him to school, I took the paperwork to Community Action. They sure are picky. The worker frustrated me to tears. She told me it was the wrong paperwork. I have to go back, tomorrow. I'm starting to think it's not worth it. If our house blows up, it blows up. I just hope we aren't here when it happens.
I took Chris to get a strep test. It was negative. I thought it would be.
Tonight, I went to the Y. I didn't get to go this morning. After that, I went to Walmart to get new headphones since mine broke. I can't believe they were almost completely out of cinnamon jolly ranchers. I had to look really hard to find some.
I glanced over at the $5 DVD bin for only a couple of minutes and guess what I found! The "Facing the Giants" movie! It was like someone put it right on top of the others just for me! I had that movie before, but loaned it to my aunt. We looked all over for it, but couldn't find it. That's a great movie.
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I am NOT drunk...it Just Seems That Way
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Jan 31, 2012 8:02 pm
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I'm recording this here because I need some way to keep track of a problem I'm having lately. I think I probably said something about it, Sunday, but that might have been in a letter. I write a lot of letters. Writing keeps me focused for the time I'm writing, anyway.
I'm dizzy. Lately, I've been having a hard time walking straight. On Sunday, I had to walk really slow and couldn't even keep up with Zach. He's usually pretty pokey, but was miles ahead of me.
Then, today, when Jason took me to Community Action so i could drop off some paperwork, I felt so dizzy I could barely stand up. I kept having to tell him I wasn't drunk because I don't drink at all. I don't need to. Stumbling all over the place comes naturally. People think I'm drunk, anyway, probably.
I went to Community Action because Merida told me they would look at my furnace and tell me if it was safe since it makes loud noises like it will explode. I looked inside it when it was making those noises and it looked like Hell must look...blazing yellow and blue. Very scary.
Community Action does more than look at furnaces, though. They will even stuff my walls with insulation if I need them to! I hope I don't need that, but maybe they'll help me put rubber stripping under the drafty doors and windows.
It turned out that I wasted that trip, though, because I forgot to bring in the letter from social security to show them I receive disability. So, I have to go back, tomorrow.
And guess who was volunteering at Community Action! My ex's wife! I hadn't seen her for years, so i didn't recognize her, but I thought she looked an awful lot like her and must be an older sister or some other relative. She just got older, herself and looked a little different. She recognized me. She asked me how her husband was doing because she knew I write to him in prison. She isn't allowed to visit or write him. I'm not sure why. She seemed like she missed him. It was weird that she was asking me how he was doing. I wrote him another letter as soon as I got home so I could tell him I saw her.
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