15 days after arrow pierced his skull, teen is back home
Doctors Say He Will Lead A Normal Life
Watching Brijesh Sahani play
with a ball, it is hard to believe the teenager walked through the door
of a hospital with an arrow sticking out of his head just a fortnight
ago, on January 17. On Monday , the gritty boy got discharged from
Karuna Hospital in Borivli after a miraculous, speedy recovery .
Barring slurred speech and one weak forearm, there is little to
suggest the 15-year-old UP boy's near-death experience.The arrow that
had breached his skull bone, perforated a few tissues and exited from
the right side of the temple, did not touch a single important blood
vessel or nerve. A deviation of even a few millimetres could have cost
the boy unimaginable damage, if not killed him, say doctors.
“It is a miracle. His recovery too has been extraordinary . He will lead a normal life with absolutely no deficiencies,“ said neurosurgeon Dr Vinod Rambal who had extracted the arrow. The doctor added his speech and forearm weakness were temporary and can be corrected with speech and physiotherapy . Doctors said he can be soon back to playing the game.
Brijesh's eyes lit up as he told TOI, “I love cricket and I want to start playing as soon as I gain enough strength.“ He has no qualms about returning to the Dahisar ground where an archer's arrow had pierced his brain. “It was an accident. A friend did try to alert me that an arrow was coming my way but it was too late,“ he said. Surprisingly, Brijesh vividly remembers every moment from the incident till the time anesthesia kicked in at the operation theatre. “There was no pain initially. My head felt stuffy. There was this weird tingling and vibrating sensation. I remember being made to sit on a bike as someone held my head.“ His mother Durgavati said, “Knowing his will power, we were certain he would fight it.We will now send him to school and for his cricket training.“
Dr D K Bose, medical director of Karuna Hospital, said, “The incident shows rushing a patient within the golden hour can make all the difference.“
“It is a miracle. His recovery too has been extraordinary . He will lead a normal life with absolutely no deficiencies,“ said neurosurgeon Dr Vinod Rambal who had extracted the arrow. The doctor added his speech and forearm weakness were temporary and can be corrected with speech and physiotherapy . Doctors said he can be soon back to playing the game.
Brijesh's eyes lit up as he told TOI, “I love cricket and I want to start playing as soon as I gain enough strength.“ He has no qualms about returning to the Dahisar ground where an archer's arrow had pierced his brain. “It was an accident. A friend did try to alert me that an arrow was coming my way but it was too late,“ he said. Surprisingly, Brijesh vividly remembers every moment from the incident till the time anesthesia kicked in at the operation theatre. “There was no pain initially. My head felt stuffy. There was this weird tingling and vibrating sensation. I remember being made to sit on a bike as someone held my head.“ His mother Durgavati said, “Knowing his will power, we were certain he would fight it.We will now send him to school and for his cricket training.“
Dr D K Bose, medical director of Karuna Hospital, said, “The incident shows rushing a patient within the golden hour can make all the difference.“
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