[DeTomaso] Great to hear from Bobby Byars

David in Durango adin at frontier.net
Sun Jan 25 09:31:45 EST 2009


Mike,
thanks for that update - it is certainly good news to hear he continues to 
improve.

David
----- Original Message ----- 
From: <MikeLDrew at aol.com>
To: <detomaso at realbig.com>
Sent: Sunday, January 25, 2009 12:29 AM
Subject: [DeTomaso] Great to hear from Bobby Byars


> HI guys,
>
> I was shocked and pleasantly surprised when my cell phone rang this 
> morning
> and Bobby Byars was on the line. I'd been talking to his brother Don and 
> asking
> about him over the past few weeks, and he told Bobby about it, so he 
> decided
> to call and say hello.
>
> He sounded fantastic, given what he's been through.   He said that his
> condition has been improving measurably every day, but he still faces 
> incredible
> challenges ahead.   The brain is an incredibly complicated thing that we 
> all take
> for granted, until it all goes wrong.
>
> He said that he still has very specific types of memory problems.   He
> remembers who people are, and when somebody he knows walks into the room, 
> he can
> tell their whole life story--but for the life of him, he can't remember 
> their
> name!   Once reminded, he says that he will normally remember it for the 
> rest of
> the day, until they leave, at which point it becomes forgotten again.   He
> then confessed that even at that moment, he had forgotten my name as we 
> were
> talking.   Yet he knew exactly who I was, subsequently asked how my 
> girlfriend was
> doing etc.
>
> He can look at pictures and know exactly what he's looking at, and tell 
> you
> all about it, but can't necessarily conjure up the name of the thing in 
> the
> picture.   And he can't read at all yet.
>
> He told me that Don had written down my name and telephone number for him,
> and told him who "Mike Drew" was, which is how he was able to call me.
> Apparently he can look at a phone number, and make the connection between 
> each digit
> and the corresponding number on the telephone keypad, which is
> progress--something he wouldn't necessarily have been able to do even a 
> week ago.
>
> He is going to have to undergo rather specialized therapy in order to
> re-train his brain to work properly.   With injuries such as these, over 
> time the
> brain can repair itself, by painstakingly re-mapping itself.   His doctor 
> says
> that he has to stay home, and away from work for the next 17 weeks, at 
> which
> point he'll be evaluated and hopefully get cleared to return to work. 
> However,
> he'll probably spend his initial time in the office rather than driving 
> all
> over the southland chasing after parts from various suppliers etc.
>
> He said that the whole time he was in the hospital, he had no idea that he
> had come so perilously close to death; he said that he was just told of 
> this a
> few days ago, and it surprised him.   He's had surgery done on his legs 
> and
> will have to undergo some physical therapy as well before he'll be able to 
> walk
> normally.
>
> I can't tell you how happy I was to hear from him.   He sounds cheerful,
> upbeat, and he says that he is getting measurably better day after day, 
> although
> he's incredibly frustrated at the holes in his cognitive abilities, as you
> might imagine.   He also expressed appreciation for all the concern that 
> so many
> people have expressed for him, and asked me to pass on his thanks for all 
> your
> well wishes.
>
> I plan to pay him a visit at home in a couple of weeks, and I'm looking
> forward to it!
>
> Mike
>
>
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