Aaron Leroux

On mother's day Aaron had the biggest shock of his life when it came close to ending. At 2:30 am Aaron's girlfriend woke up to him having a seizure. She immediately called 911 and he was then taken to the emergency room where an emergency CT scan was performed. Here to find out he had a ruptured brain aneurism and was immediately air lifted to a hospital that treated major brain injuries. He was still unresponsive when he arrived to he was placed into a medically induced coma. His first surgery included surgery to put a clip across the weak blood vessel wall. During this surgery the surgeon had noticed Aaron had subarachnoid hemorrhage, because of this they had to perform a coiling surgery which is used to fill the aneurysm to prevent any further bleeding. Aaron was then brought up to the ICU for further treatments. Here he was placed on many different medications, put on life support (ventilator), and a machine to monitor for seizures and vasospasms. For the first month he was having CT scans, MRI'S, angiography, and another surgery to place a drain tube in his head to try and relieve pressure and drain blood after the aneurism ruptured. His doctors, respiratory therapist,and nursing staff were checking on him constantly. Aaron only had a 5% chance of making it to the hospital and another 10% chance of making it through his surgeries. Aaron had been in here just over a month now when he started opening his eyes and doing little commands when asked such as moving his finger and toes. Then he came down with pneumonia and a blood clot in both arms. The doctor started treating this immediately. He was still on sedation medication because he started having vasospasms which eventually stopped after 2 weeks so his nurses would have too take him off every 2 hours then turn it back on we could tell it was draining on him. 2 weeks later Aaron started getting a little wrestles, as his doctor was weaning him off his sedation medication. He slowly started breathing on his own so they were able to take him off the ventilator and do a tracheotomy, which is a tube is a tube placed in his throat to help him with oxygen. Once this was placed they had to put aaron in restraints to keep him from pulling out any tubes. By this time his pneumonia was starting to clear up. Another week later the respiratory therapist put a speaking valve on Aaron and much to our surprise he could say a few words, hard to understand but he could hear his own voice. The surgeon then did another surgery and placed a shunt. This will help drain any excess fluid in the brain. A week later his doctor thought it would be best for Aaron to be transferred to a physical therapy hospital where he could relearn how to walk and talk again. Once Aaron was transferred, his therapists gave him a week to rest and monitored him. The 1st 2 weeks of therapy were very hard for him. He couldn't stand or hold his balance, he had a hard time understanding what had happened and where he was. As of today Aaron is currently in the physical therapy hospital. He does physical therapy, occupational therapy, respiratory therapy, and speech therapy every day except Sundays, that's his day to relax. He still has his trach tube in, however it has been capped so when he talks its all him! His restraints are still on so he doesn't pull out his trach. The catheter has been removed which is a big relief to him. There is still a blood clot in each arm which are being treated. Aaron is still unable to stand or walk on his own and has a hard time keeping his balance, but he is able to take some steps with the help of his therapist. He has had visitors and is aware of who most people are. He is still confused about what happened and unaware of some things. The neuro doctor had told us he will not remember anything about his time in the hospital. Aaron is going through pretty aggressive therapy and his doctors say things should start coming back the more therapy progresses. Right now they can't give us a timeline to how long he will be in here or how the outcome will be. He has a lot of loved ones and friends behind him. His doctors are saying he is a miracle to survive through this and we are anxious to see where the road leads.