chyna610 wrote:

> Hello my name is Darlene and my son-in-law had a terrible accident
> causing severe brain damage. Right now he is better than a year ago
> when the accident happened. He is unable to speak, can't walk unless
> we are helping him and he has become very mean to his children! He
> has grabbed there arms and squeezed then leaving marks and my daughter
> cries because she nor I know why he is doing this! He has gotten to
> the point where all he wants to do lay an the couch and smoke
> cigarettes. When we try to explain to him that he is hurting the
> children he will smile and this truely has become frustating to us.
> My daughter is unable to spend time with the children like she would
> like to because of my son-in-law needing 24 hour care. It has become
> truely hard for my daughter and I to deal with this at times due to us
> being stuck in the house all the time. It takes 2 people to care for
> him so if 1 of us is here the other has to rush back incase he needs
> something. Will someone PLEASE help our family someone to talk to or
> share stories of frustration and how to get us through this it's
> tearing our family apart! The above e-mail is mine my daughters
> e-mail is sambuca9@...
>
> Thank You,
> Darlene & Nichole

It is not uncommon for brain injury survivor to have a 'short fuse'.
The level of patience and tolerance will greatly decrease when, someone
has a brain injury.

Why does your son-in-law need 24hr. care? Also, He needs to stop
smoking around the children.

Christopher