Vim & Vigor - Fall 2011 - Gwinnett Medical Center - (Page 6)

THE TO RECOVER O n a Sunday afternoon, Sept. 26, 2010, Jaynil Shah, a 21-year-old college student, was driving through a heavy rainstorm. Next thing he knew, it was November. He had suffered a stroke and gotten into an automobile accident, resulting in left pontine ischemic infarct and subarachnoid hemorrhage—an elaborate medical term for bleeding on both sides of the brain. When emergency personnel arrived on the scene, he was unconscious and unresponsive. At Gwinnett Medical Center–Lawrenceville’s emergency department, the trauma team, led by trauma surgeon Romeo P. Massoud, M.D., and neurosurgeon Michael Amaral, M.D., worked to control the bleeding in Shah’s brain. When he was stabilized, he was taken upstairs in the hospital to the Center for Neuroscience. “For a couple of days, we did not think he would survive,” says Archana Shah, Jaynil Shah’s mother. “He got pneumonia and was on a ventilator. Our family stayed by his side day and night. His grandparents even flew in from India to be with him.” For two weeks, Shah’s family had rollercoaster days. As he regained consciousness, at first he couldn’t recognize people, speak, or move his right leg or arm. WILL Following a devastating stroke at age 21, Jaynil Shah continues to amaze his caregivers THE LONG ROAD TO REHAB Jaynil Shah 6 Vim & Vigor · FALL 2 011 On Oct. 13, 2010, although he doesn’t remember it, Shah was released from GMC– Lawrenceville and admitted to Glancy Rehabilitation Center. “When he came to our inpatient program, he was on tube feedings and was paralyzed on the right

Table of Contents for the Digital Edition of Vim & Vigor - Fall 2011 - Gwinnett Medical Center

Vim & Vigor - Fall 2011 - Gwinnett Medical Center
Contents
Phil's Feature
So Long, Suffering
The Will to Recover
Healthy Hues
The New Survivors
First (Aid) Things First
Find Your Groove
A Healthy Tune
Stay in Circulation
‘X’ Marks the Spot
Pregnancy Predictors
Play It Safe
Prime Time Health
Full Strength
Lifesaving Gift
Out of the White Coat
Transforming Healthcare

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