Sacramento Brain Injury Lawyer Blog

On September 4, 2006, Australian doctor, Verena Doolabh, was shot in her spine while traveling in Jordan. The culprit was a gunman who opened fire on the tourist group Doolabh was traveling with. On March 10, 2008, Doolabh shared her story with the Australian newspaper, The Daily Liberal:

“Being a doctor the first thing that went through my head when I was shot was ‘I’m going to be in a wheelchair’,”

Unfortunately, her intuition was right. Doolabh was immediately paralyzed from the waist down. An immediate surgery to remove the bullet plus six months of intensive therapy, however, set her upon her feet again. Recalling her recovery, Doolabh said:

“I was very determined to get better no matter how hard it was,”

Now she is motivated to help others like her. She says that she feels she was given a second chance at life and wants to spend it in a worthy manner. In that stead, Doolabh has created an organization called Spinal Care Australia to raise money for research and to raise awareness of spinal injury and recovery.

“I want to be able to help and raise money and awareness for spinal research so that maybe one day in the future they can do more for spinal injury patients.”

To raise funds for her organization, the formally paralyzed Doolabh plans to climb to the Mount Everest base camp with her mother and four friends. She aims to raise $10,000 by doing so. As of yet, she has raised $3,200. If you are interested in helping Doolabh reach her goal, visit her website at www.spinalcare.org.au and follow the links to her Everest climb.

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If you or a loved one have involved in accident that was someone else's fault and have suffered a brain or spinal trauma, please call me at the The Law Office of Moseley Collins. We are waiting to help you.

God bless.

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Brain injuries can be devastating because of the sudden and lasting effects it has on one’s life. In many cases, the victim will lose the ability to perform as they once could, to the extent of falling into a vegetative state or even death. As a Personal Injury Attorney in Sacramento, California, I have seen the difficulty that people face when coping with a brain injury after an accident. Although these situations often seem bleak, there is always hope.

I read an article today about a man named Saul Raisin. Saul, a world-class bicyclist, was injured when he was preparing to compete in a bicycling competition in Italy. The young 24-year old's life was suddenly turned upside down. Falling off of his bike, Saul suffered a traumatic brain injury and fell into a coma within a day. Waking from his coma, Saul found himself paralyzed on the left side of his body and was told he would never walk again. As for his dream of cycling, that was completely out of the question.

Incredibly, about a year and a half later, Saul finds himself not only walking, but back in cycling competition. This month, he even completed his first race since the accident, and although he came in last place, he sees himself as a winner.

There is often hope after suffering from a severe accident that cause a brain injury. Even a brain injury as traumatic as Saul’s (he couldn’t even realize he was suffering from a brain injury until two months after the accident), can take steps towards a somewhat normal life.

If you or someone you love has suffered from a traumatic brain injury due to someone’s carelessness or misconduct, please call us at the Law Offices of Moseley Collins. We are here to help.

Play safe…

For more information on Saul and his accident, please click here.

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Sitting in my office in Sacramento, California, I have read time and again about the staggering amount of brain injuries that are suffered by our troops abroad. As a Personal Injury Lawyer, I know that a traumatic brain injury can be not only devastating, but unfortunately many brain injuries go without detection and medical help.

Promising news awaits however. As I read through the news today, I saw an article regarding the Army and a new campaign they are using to heighten awareness in soldiers about traumatic brain injuries. The campaign is designed to teach 1 million soldiers about the injury and how to recognize the symptoms of it in order to get immediate medical help.

I am encouraged by this news, as I know that many of these injuries are “invisible” and may not be taken care of until a later, and more detrimental, date. We all, soldiers and non-soldiers alike, need to be aware of how a brain injury is caused and what the symptoms are of it.

If you have been involved in an accident and believe that you may have a brain injury, seek medical help immediately. For legal advice, please call us at the Law Offices of Moseley Collins. We are here to help.

Be aware…

For more information please go to this article.

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I’m sure you have seen the articles throughout the news lately about the man who has recently regained some abilities after being in a six year coma-like state brought on by suffering from a severe brain injury. This is an incredible breakthrough in the area of brain injury. It was past thought that someone in a minimally conscious state for so many years was untreatable. Now, with these new findings, we know that the possibility looms of some recovery even after years of living in such a condition.

To stimulate activity, doctors implanted tiny electrodes into the man’s brain which attached to a pacemaker like device in his chest. Within hours of the implantation, the man opened his eyes and tracked people moving throughout the room. Now, a year later, he has continued to progress. Reports state he can drink from a cup, comb his hair, and even speak in short sentences.

Researchers do say that this type of treatment is not going to be for everyone, because certain brain connections must have remained intact for the device to work. This, however, is none less a breakthrough of extraordinary proportion.

If you have been injured and suffered from a severe brain injury, please call our Law Offices of Moseley Collins. We would love to speak to you about your options and offer help and assistance.

Thanks for listening…

For more information, please read the L.A. Times article.

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As I search through online information regarding brain injuries and traumas, I often find myself coming across a blog called “Second Chance to Live”. As a Sacramento Personal Injury Lawyer and being the person called immediately after someone is involved in an accident, it is more common for me to hear about the initial stages of someone dealing with a brain injury rather than the later stages. Many times, in the later stages, the injured person will find a new sense of hope and destiny to their life.

The blog is written by a man who, in the summer of 1967, was in a terrible car accident. As a result of the accident, he sustained an open skull fracture and was put in a coma for three weeks. His right frontal lobe, where we carry out executive decisions, was injured as well as having an impact to his brain stem. From here, he began a slow process of rehabilitating himself and was able to receive a graduate degree. His blog now talks about his life, his struggles, his joys, and what he sees as a second chance to live.

I find a renewed sense of hope as I read through his letters. I would like to invite anyone that has suffered from a traumatic brain injury or know someone that has to read this blog. I believe that it gives a good understanding to what a brain injury entails, emotionally and physically, for the person suffering from it.

To read the blog, please follow the link: Second Chance to Live

If you or someone you know has suffered from a traumatic brain injury because of an accident, I would am here to speak with you regarding your legal options. Do not hesitate to call our offices at 916.444.4444.

Hope…

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An interesting story in the news brought me back to the days of Terri Shiavo and the legal battle her family went through. After a car crash, a man named Jesse Ramirez was left in a coma, being supported by tubes and machines. After a week, the doctors informed Jesse’s family that he would not recover from the state he was in.

The battle began when Jesse’s wife, after receiving advice from the medical team, decided Jesse should be taken off of life support. Other members of Jesse’s family did not agree and made a legal appeal to the court in which they won. Feeding and water tubes were reconnected and some several weeks later, seemingly miraculously, Jesse regained consciousness to the point that he is now able to interact with visitors.

I find this story so incredible, because it shows how traumatic injuries often have a longer recovery time than normal. We should be careful not dismiss a case, or a human being for that matter, within such a short frame of time.

If you have a loved one who has been injured and would like to find out more information on traumatic brain injuries, please call us at the Law Offices of Moseley Collins.

Until next time…

If you would like to read the full article on Jesse, please click here

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