Brigham Updates

Before I get into Brigham's impairment rating, I wanted to document something new we learned in November. Brigham had been having some new pains near the scar where the cut happened, and we were concerned that maybe this was a sign of a new clot. It is so tricky, for 2 reasons. First, he cannot feel all of his leg and second, clot symptoms are the same as what he feels in that leg every day. We called Sheryl to get her opinion and she said to book an appointment immediately. Luckily, he did not have any new clots and she told Brigham eventually he will learn what symptom means trouble.  For example, one guy always feels like he has the flu when he has a leg clot, so weird. She said it will take time.  Because Brig's injury is so unique, she will always see him if he feels something is off.  What we learned that day was Brigham has a chronic clot in the vein just above his right knee with clot strands extending a few inches past the clot. If he is ever seen at a hospital or doct

Back in May Brigham requested his medical records from McKay Dee Hospital.  Here are some of the notes from the injury date 8/7/2020 Dr. C:  I was present throughout the time the patient was in the ED which was 16 minutes and spent an additional 5 minutes taking the patient up to the OR so the total time spent with the patient was 21 minutes.   Assessment/Plan  1. Shock due to trauma  2. Acute blood loss anemia  3. Contact with powered saw as cause of accidental injury  4. Injury of right femoral artery 5. Leg injury- major ---------------------------------------- Dr. H: HISTORY OF PRESENT ILLNESS:  This is a 21-year-old male presenting here to the emergency department via LifeFlight. We have received urgent calls from them prehospital to alert us of the patient's initial concerns. We have assembled level 1 trauma team as well as vascular surgery at bedside upon the patient's arrival for emergent intervention. It is reported to me initially that the patient had an accident with