Bryan Stow on the path of recovery – MLB News
Bryan Stow, the San Francisco Giants fan that was severely beaten recently has started showing signs of improvement, says the doctor looking him. Stow was badly beaten, which led to his deteriorating condition, eventually ending up with coma.
However he is said to be breathing through a ventilator now, moving his left arm and is also reported to be able to follow certain basic commands intermittently. Heavy sedatives that are being given to the patient will be gradually reduced which were earlier
for warding off the seizures.
This news has obviously brought a big sense of relief for the family as a whole who went through excruciatingly tough times owing to the sudden and unexpected injury of Bryan Stow. "We are grateful for the public's continued concern and support," Stow's
family said in a written statement. "We are encouraged by Bryan's improvement."
"He is far from out of the woods. It is a long road to recovery from where we are,” said Dr. Geoff Manley, chief of neurosurgery at San Francisco General Hospital as he commented on the 42-year-old Santa Cruz paramedic.
On the other hand, Giovanni Ramirez, the 31-year-old suspect in Stow’s beating has been sent to prison on Monday for a parole violation that pertains to be in possession of a weapon not licensed.
The charge that led to his arrest, as the reports have poured in, was actually related to parole issue. Interestingly, he is yet to be charged for beating Stow who was initially said to be in too critical a condition.
At the same, Ramirez’ lawyers insist that when the incident occurred, their client was nowhere near to Dodger Stadium whose alibi has been given by eleven family members, asserting that he was staying at his aunt’s house.
The season opening game on March 31 between the San Francisco Giants and Los Angeles Dodgers led to a shot on his head and Stow is now without half of his skull. The skull was removed to reduce pressure from brain swelling.
Two of the anti-seizure drugs have been stopped after the doctors expressed their satisfaction with the gradually improving condition of the patient. Ominously, he was according to doctors affected by uncontrollable seizures that are usually detrimental
to health and could lead to death.
The drugs, the doctors say, while curing the patient do also slow the brain activity and as Manley put, have also made the process of measuring the brain damage impossible.
Despite all the complexities involving the treatment, there are hopes that Stow will soon recover. Stringent measures will be taken in the future to stop any such event to occur much to the detriment of the game and greater danger to the fans.
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