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Joshua Shirk | He's Fighting, We're Believing
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Joshua Shirk was in a kayaking accident on May 17, 2020, in WV. He was underwater for a significant amount of time and was dead. Given little chance at survival or recovery, BUT GOD! He is currently at home, recuperating, and still receives outpatient therapy services. This is his journey.
Joshua - Writes His Name!
A 9 year old with a global anoxic brain injury less than 17 months post injury writes his name. #miracleshappen #hesfightingwerebelieving
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Anoxic Brian Injury - Now What?
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Anoxic Brain Injury - Now What? You’ve just been told your child or loved one suffered an anoxic brain injury. Is there hope? Are there care options? Are there treatments? Is recovery possible?
Joshua - October 1, 2021
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Recovery of a global anoxic brain injury. #miracleshappen #hesfightingwerebeling Like and subscribe.
Joshua Shirk | The day of the kayaking accident | Interview with Joshua's Mother, Monica Shirk
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Joshua Shirk was in a kayaking accident on May 17, 2020, in WV. He was underwater for a significant amount of time and was dead. Given little chance at survival or recovery, BUT GOD! He is currently at home, recuperating, and still receives outpatient therapy services. Joshua's mother, Monica Shirk, explains the details of the day the kayaking accident happened. To follow Joshua's Journey follo...
Who is Joshua? What is Joshua's Run for healing?
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We are raising funds for Joshua Shirk by doing a virtual run. Joshua was in a kayaking accident on May 17, 2020, in WV. He was underwater for a significant amount of time and was dead. Given little chance at survival or recovery, BUT GOD! He is currently at home, recuperating, and still receives outpatient therapy services. All the money collected will be given to Joshua and his family to use f...
My sister went into cardiac arrest. They said she had global hypoxia. They gave an arbitrary deadline that her family would have to decide by end of week to take her off the ventilator or not. They said she would live in a nursing home with no quality of life and not know any of us or be able to do anything.. I asked about the hyperbaric chamber, and the doctor got angry and said they didn't have one even though i knew they had one on the hospital campus. We asked about methylene blue, and the doctor refused. My sister responded to me, but they kept her sedated so i couldn't replicate that she was more there than the doctors said. Her family took her off life support. I think i will regret not fighting for her the rest of my life. The doctors refused hope and painted her life miserable if we kept her, but they are not God and they should not have denied the hope of trying any medicine that could have given us more hope and her more time to prove them wrong. Instead they wanted her for organ donation. Medicine is too centered on money not life. The doctors dont work for the patient so you do have to be their voice.
“where there is life, there is always hope” 😭😭❤️❤️
This is beautiful to see. My mother had an anoxic brain injury in 2013 and passed away in 2017 from kidney failure, 2013 was beginning to the most difficult period in my life. It brings me joy to see this little boys recovery. I cannot imagine the pain of living with this through one of my children 😢. I pray Brandon continues to recover. ❤ The doctors told us that there was no hope and she didn’t even know that we were there. However, I know that there were times where she was there! I was talking to her one evening about how great of a mother she began to cry (tears). I do believe that there are exceptions, my mother was a diabetic and had other health issues. I believe that these issues along with her age (49) hindered her recovery.
My mom suffered from hypoxia and brain injury, she has been in the ICU for 47d now, she barely responds to commands and barely recognise her surroundings and people around her, she cannot speak and barely controlling body movements. the doctors say her condition will last long (months-years) and unknown when will she recover or even be able to leave the ICU. She barely gives emotional face expressions like happiness sadness and pain, when we are around (her family) she seems to be smiling and happily moving her head, we will never leave her side or give up on her. I could say this event has been the worst and toughest experience in my life, she always been a very lovely and admirable person for everyone, all of a sudden she’s gone. Though We’re having faith and patience and praying for her to hopefully recover soon ♥️
Praying for you ♥️🙏🏼 how is she doing?
My mother just suffered something similar due to a recent cardiac arrest incident. I pray that there is hope in this world! How is your mom doing now?
I don’t trust hospitals or Doctors. They only go for the bottom line. How much it costs. Think about it. A patient who is just lying there, and that means all the expensive equipment, Nurses tied up for the care. They make MONEY from Organ Donation. They can even sell tissue, ligaments, just about everything. Get informed if this happens to your family member. I do have a DNR. I’ve lived my life. I cannot be an organ donor. I’m so glad the parents waited.
It is hard to think clearly when it’s anoxic
I can’t thank you enough for this video.. my son was in a motorcycle accident and has the most severe brain injury as well. They asked me just a few days after to remove him from life support which I declined. 3 days after they asked me my son was breathing over the machine and 2 days after that he was off life support breathing on his own. It has been 6 weeks after his accident and he now opens one eye and follows me. Today I’m filled with love peace and hope for my son and know that god is working on my boy. You just gave me a little bit more hope with your story of your precious boy. I can’t thank you enough for touching this mom’s broken heart. ❤❤
How is your son doing now? Praying for you.
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Dommage que ce ne 😢😮 soit pas traduit en français car même si on voit et comprend un peu les choses , ce n’est pas intéressant pour moi qui ne parle et ne comprends que le français, donc je ne regarderais pas vos vidéos très intéressantes, mais incompréhensible pour moi ,désolée!😊
Thanks for this story..going thru this with my daughter a little over a year now. Endless researching and trying to figure out ways 2 pay for treatments such as hyperbaric . We gonna keep praying and fighting for her full %100 recovery
Absolutely never give up no matter what Drs. Say because they are not god and I believe in prayers and miracles
That’s just one reason that I am against organ transplants with comatose patients!
Prayers sent young man!!
Prayers sent yo your son as he navigates the long road of TBI recovery .
I suffered an anoxia stroke during open heart surgery. I walked in and left on ventilator with a tracheotomy and a stomach feeding tube. My wife divorced me and not one of my three adult children have ever come to see me or talk to me. I was a lawyer and law professor for forty years and lost everything because they put a pillow under my head and bent my neck during orotrachial intubation and caused lesions on cranial nerves 6,7,8,9,10 and 12. It’s called Tapia’s syndrome and I haven’t met, and I have met two dozen neurologists ,not one ever heard of it before. Crack book or Google it . It’s right there. And while my neck was bent it crimped the tube and starved me for oxygen for 8 hours. Medical malpractice you say? The prognosis was death and they saved my life. I’m actually better off now. They saved my life, but not my quality of life. I pray for death every day!
Are you a health care professional?
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I go through this video now, March 2024. 2 weeks ago, my brother had a heart attack ,subsequently Anoxic brain damage. After listening to your video, we have the hope that he will recover completely one day 🙏
so cute before you let him drown
I’m sorry this happened at such a young age but the good news is he is super young he will recover, I’m now 35 I had an anoxic injury when I was 24 things come and go with my memory glad I was younger when it happened but from everything I have read about it is better to have the injury when you are younger
Hey, I also had an anaroxic injury at 23, ıt's been a month since my injury. How are you doing? Hope you are fine 😊
my childs would not live like this, they told me. sometimes, its the better option, to let them go!
I’m glad that your story is going the way you want it. But Doctors tell people what happens in the majority of cases they see. They aren’t “wrong”, but crystal clear about possibilities they’ve actually witnessed. Also, would the person themselves want to live and be ok with not speaking or being in a wheelchair for years and years? I personally am a DNR because I wouldn’t want others to be in charge of everything for me. Again, I get he’s a young kid. So I realize as his parents you chose what you felt was best. There’s no right or wrong answer and as his mom, you know what’s best. ❤
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You are an amazing mom! Thank you for sharing this story. How’s Joshua doing now?
Try ambien ... it completes the broken gaba receptors or something like that. Restores some abilities
no more updates ? did he die ? was it worth it ?
Are you in a similar situation? If you aren't then that's a horrible question. If you are in a similar situation, the good days make up for the bad days, even if they are fewer. As long as you have support and help yourself, you can get through more than you think you can to be there for your loved one. And recovery is never over. 5 years so far for my wife and just when I think she has plateaued, she surprises me. There are backward steps as well, but overall she keeps slowly improving. Good luck!
PICU team was 100% correct. Because you are limited on how much monitoring and intervention you can do with a humongous magnet right there.
Come on Joshua.You are going to live very long! I send you a great embrace!
Mainstream medicine has years of experience with these injuries and is not trying to mislead. Just the facts as there is not always hope for some. I’m happy for you that things have worked for you but this is not the norm. It gets hard to believe and have hope when you have cared for dozens of kids over the years that did not recover. BUT this is not an excuse not to try. Kids are incredible resilient and are still growing and recover much better than adult brain injuries. I’m so happy for you and your little guy.
Hey that is the same that happened had a brain injury when I was 15
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Whenever something like this happens, hospitals often wait around for family to respond before going through the time sensitive brain-saving protocols. If you have had family and physician discussions about an advanced directive, firstly organ donation should not be authorized to prioritize patient care, then either DNR or full code should be confirmed, and if the latter, immediate order of *hypothermic protocol* (gradually lowering body/brain temp to preserve neurons and decrease cranial pressure) followed by *amantadine infusion* to promote arousal. If coma persists and physicians don't object, *zolpidem* should be administered as a last resort as it is reported to have temporary paradoxical effects at improving neurological function in less than 10% of patients with ABI. The way anoxic patients are cared for presently is barbaric and outdated and should be modified to consider all possible life-saving measures.
I was just reading a very similar scenario in someone’s medical records just now (for my job) and wanted to learn more about what neurostorming was. What you outlined is exactly what was detailed in the medical records when it came to informing the man’s family, etc.
I believe in you!!! Keep up with the physical therapist buddy!! You can do it!!!!
He looks so happy (irony off)
Crying so hard. May The Lord Heal You in Jesus Name
Jabbed?!!!!
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Buena tarde como esta mi niño estava mio contada esa parato mimo que pena toda que lla pesonal niño jovene está si pero se que mi niño no deperto mar 😭😭😭
❤❤❤ prayers and love to you and your boy, bless,,,,❤
He's still there ♥️🙏🏻
God is with you and your son. I pray for him for healing in Jesus name!
Oh my god what if he had pulled the plug I think Dr Are /nor Caring enoug 2:46 😊 2:47 o😮😅😅 2:52
I miss my wife. She had a cardiac arrest. He didn't have oxygen reach the brain. She's in a coma. I'm a mess without her. I feel so alone. I feel so lost. My life is changing for the worst. I feel like I have no hope. It makes me feel like shit because of that. She's been in that state for 13 days. Idk how ill go on..
Hi please let me know how’s your wife ? My Daddy is in the same situation been almost 3 weeks I hope your wife is better Greatly will appreciate your feed back please 😢god bless you kindly
@@munecahermosaddios1286how did it go? Updates? My dad’s in this situation and I’m dying over it. 💚🙏
@@funnyshortsXL any updates on your loved one?
Hi, I was hoping I'd see an update here about your wife. If you don't mind me asking, how is she?
Bless you all
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Like thank you god for saving me but damn
One thing about brain injury tht never gets out but if your like me having a tbi in 2021 it’s a huge pain in the Ass for life like I want to be 30 with a Job house but they don’t wanna let u do everything a care plan or acronym
I like to think you for video it have given me aome encouragement for my daighter she is suffering from Any exit to the brain doctors are not giving me any hope you have giving me some hope watching your video I agree where ther os still life is hope
Brain damage is permanent. A moving body is not a living person. Sad Unbelievably sad.