Dave’s life changed instantly when his wife, Lynn, had a brain injury.
Brain injury: brain aneurysm
When: April 2022
Length of time in ICU: 4 weeks
Length of time in rehab: 2 months
Video: from stroke to ICU (19 min)
Dave talks about all the rollercoaster of emotions he felt from when Lynn had her stroke, to when he was waiting for her to have an operation in ICU. He also talks about the life changing philosophy that he formed to help him get through and how he supported Lynn in the best way he could.
Video: after the ICU (12 min)
Everyone’s recovery timeline will look different as no two brain injuries are completely the same. In the film below, Dave talks through the milestones that Lynn and he went through and a rough timeline.
Video: Advice for your journey (5 min)
Video: The value in finding information you need (10 min)
This is the ‘relatives room’ Dave spent many hours by himself. Doctor’s had conversations with him here. He cried, and phoned family and friends for support.
When Lynn woke from her coma, Dave helped her communication by giving her a whiteboard and marker to practice writing words he said.
Lynn’s scar from her cranioplasty surgery.
