Hugs for Skippy

[Total Eclipse]

Skippy was planning his trip to the united states and was in Montana when he was hit and the impact left him unconscious to the point they had to air lift him to the hospital.

Good news right now is he woke up from what happened and physically "stable", however, has lost a bit of memory and it seems the memory issue is (at this point) dating back 8-9 months to the point of thinking he lives with someone he hasn't in a long time. He remembers he was planning a trip but nothing much more. He's having issues with his short term memory after 10 minutes of being told he was in a car accident will ask again why he's in the hospital. When I spoke with his nurse and his doctor they didn't know when he'd start regaining memory back (being it's only been 48 hours since it happened) needs to heal more. He's very confused and keeps thinking he's in Canada.

[Keddy]

Oh my gosh, that's horrible... I don't even know what to say... I hope he recovers soon and that everything is alright. I'll keep him in my prayers tonight.

[Koalafan]

What??????? That's horrible!!!! I hope he regains his memory soon!!!

[SmileyFace]

Holy shit. Omg...

[Chantellabella]

Thank you Kay, for letting us know.


He's going to hang in there. He's tough.

I'll keep praying for him.

Keep us informed Kay, ok?

[IllusionOfHappiness]

Jeez...that's awful

Skippy is strong though, so I've got high hopes of him getting through this smoothly.

[Total Eclipse]

Was on the phone a bit ago and he wanted me to tell everyone that he loves us all. (Then he started to cry which made me cry .__.) He remembers people, and everyone but his short term memory still is 5-7 minutes of remembering then asking me where he's at and why he's there.

[Heelsbythebridge]

Was on the phone a bit ago and he wanted me to tell everyone that he loves us all. (Then he started to cry which made me cry .__.) He remembers people, and everyone but his short term memory still is 5-7 minutes of remembering then asking me where he's at and why he's there.

Oh dear god, please tell him we're all thinking of him. inane says she cares very much about him, and waiting for him to come back to talk to us. Please keep us updated! (And I didn't realize you were Kay, I feel so silly).

[Ironman]

We have to be patient with the memory loss. We are lucky it's not amnesia or there would be real difficulties.
He is going to need some more time - asking what day it is and stuff will help. Those are good questions to gauge where he is.
The sick part was that 8-9 months ago, Skip was not in a very good place and he doesn't completely understand that.
That means that some information will have to be given gently.

[Total Eclipse]

^ The issue is they are calling it a form of amnesia, because of the fact that he remembers people, and he remembers users I can tell him a username and he can tell me about them and he can even tell me why he was going on the trip.. who he is, is date of birth and several other things. He doesn't remember what happened 8 months ago and his big change he made. What he is unable to remember is the short term. You can call him and talk to him for an hour or two and then call him back and he doesn't realize you've called him. Right now every 7-10 minutes he forgets everything and he's getting frustrated and big head ache's from not being able to keep the short term memory. He's getting more CT scans and MRI's done today and seeing a Neouro.

[Koalafan]

Please tell him Koalafan sends him koala hugs!!!!!

[merc]

I'm sorry to here this. I'll say some prayers for him.

[Chantellabella]

Any more news, Kay?

[Total Eclipse]

We spoke for another hour on the phone. He's going to a 7-10 day rehab for his memory and they are going from there.

[Ironman]

It must have been trauma to a specific section of the brain. I wonder if he will be able to skip the short term and go to long term....where is the "dividing line".
I will pray for him. This is a rough time for him.