forgets the conversation when his wife asks why it was not done. After a few months of treatments, Bobs psychologist says that he may attempt to go back to work. Bob enters the office and looks at his desk. Everything seems foreign to him, he does not remember what the entire form means, and how he is, suppose to fill them out. A coworker approaches him and says hello. Bob has no recollection of who the person is. As the day progresses it only becomes more frustrating and Bob is snapping at everyone. Two weeks later Bob receives a pink slip from his job. This causes financial strain on his family. His children dont interact with him as much, and his wife makes small talk. A year later, Bob is divorced and still not working. This is a worse case example for a person who suffers from a TBI, but is likely to happen. From personal knowledge, a parent that suffers from brain injury changes the dynamics of a family, even to the extent that the person can become a complete stranger. It was during the school year of 95-96 when the accident occurred. My stepfather had sustained injury to the left temporal and frontal lobe of his brain. He had to go through about two years of tests, and different types of therapy to rehabilitate him. At the end of his rehabilitation, he was very concrete with his thoughts and was often childlike. Everyday tasks that he had completed before the accident seemed to frustrate him. He would obsess about things to the point that he seemed to be a man gone crazy. Honestly, the man was no longer the caring, gray area, witty person he use to be; he had become a complete stranger. The relationship between him and my mother ended in divorce. This purpose of this paper is was to educate the reader about the hardship of a persons life that suffers from TBI. Brain injury has an enormous impact on a person whether a child or adult if very difficult. The individual but the family does not only felt the ...
