<p>PegV420, take your time, live in the moment with your daughter. You do not have to call the school yet. It will be a wait and see situation. There is plenty of time to deecide later.
Prayers and hugs to you.</p>
<p>I too, have no advice, just well wishes for your daughter 
God Bless You All.</p>
<p>Adding my best wishes and prayers for your daughter’s recovery and your peace of mind. Please keep us posted and remember that we are here for you if you need to run “talk.”</p>
<p>You might also want to discuss the situation with the Health Office or ADA Compliance Officer (but if she’s 18 she’ll need to sign a release) at the college.</p>
<p>Even when she gets back on campus - possibly Spring semester, she may have lingering issues common with a head injury, including insomnia, ability to concentrate and even depression/mood swings. Student-Athletes with concussions have these problems and the school will be able to tell you about appropriate reasonable accommodations.</p>
<p>Also, it’s difficult to join a campus mid-year and sometime better to wait it out to the following fall. However,that can be disappointing… if you work with a potential advisor - they can help your D select classes she can take locally that would transfer and she can begin in the fall 2011 rather than joining mid-year where it is often more difficult to find friends.</p>
<p>So sorry for your daughter’s injury. I agree that you should give it some time, and also contact the school’s disability services to see what resources/accomodations are available. If she is able to start school, there should likely be exceptions to the # of hrs she is required to take for her FA. There should certainly be medical waivers . </p>
<p>Quick question-- where was the bleed? Frontal? temporal? Parietal? Occipital? And was it Subdural? Epidural? Did they have to put a pressure gauge in or evacuate the blood, or did it resolve spontaneously without surgical intervention? Did she sustain a loss of consciousness? These factors can be helpful in generating some hypotheses or possible suggestions for future recommentadions/plans.</p>
<p>Physician here (not in the field in question). Sounds like you are wise- listen to the specialist in the field of concern- ie the neurologist and perhaps the neurosurgeon- and not the generalist. Find out which tests and therapies she should have and take advantage of them. Do find out what is available from her school regarding waiting a semester, getting disability accomodations, etc. Knowing her college options now may help her make decisions in August. She is more likely to be able to give up her pre-accident plans if she sees how more time will make it a better experience, or it may be that she will be ready for college by then. I would expect your neurologist to either have answers or know how you or s/he can find them- thanks be to the internet! </p>
<p>Your CC posters have also come through with many ideas to consider. Good luck in the months to come- with all of the big and little trials. Keep us posted and come back whenever you need support, and to let us know what eventually happens.</p>
<p>PS- the physician in me is curious about all of the medical stuff, the mother in me is concerned about you surviving all of the at home stuff the professionals don’t have to deal with (it is easy to give instructions, but the patient and family have to carry them out). Make use of any resources available to YOU as well as to your D.</p>
<p>Goodness – I just read this. I’m so sorry for your d’s accident and best of wishes to both of you. I love the advice that “college will be there next year.” It’s so true. Good luck to all of you.</p>
<p>Quick clarification, after reading Wis75’s post. My questions were because I AM in the field. Be sure, before making any decisions about school, to have your daughter have a neuropsychological evaluation. Neurology and neurosurgery will tell you how the structure and wiring is doing (so to speak), but a neuropsych will tell you how she’s functioning cognitively. Good luck.</p>