'21 Baseball recruit health scare

By: H'burg_Hokie on February 12, 2021, 5:36 PM | 5 comments

One of the '21 baseball pitching recruits local to me, Timothy (TR) Williams, is in the hospital facing an uncertain future. I hope he is able to overcome this and get healthy again. I knew his father from my old employer and he sounds pretty upset on the interview. I know I feel the same way about my son after his bout with cancer.

https://www.whsv.com/2021/02/11/valley-praying-for-high-school-baseball-players-recovery/

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2HokiesIn1's picture 2HokiesIn1
PICK 6 BIG SHOOTS
| 5 years 4 months #

From the NIH website:

What is the long-term outlook for those with Guillain-Barré syndrome?

Guillain-Barré syndrome can be a devastating disorder because of its sudden and rapid, unexpected onset of weakness—and usually actual paralysis. Fortunately, 70% of people with GBS eventually experience full recovery. With careful intensive care and successful treatment of infection, autonomic dysfunction and other medical complications, even those individuals with respiratory failure usually survive.

Typically, the point of greatest weakness occurs days to at most 4 weeks after the first symptoms occur. Symptoms then stabilize at this level for a period of days, weeks, or, sometimes months. Recovery, however, can be slow or incomplete. The recovery period may be as little as a few weeks up to a few years. Some individuals still report ongoing improvement after 2 years. About 30 percent of those with Guillain-Barré have residual weakness after 3 years. About 3 percent may suffer a relapse of muscle weakness and tingling sensations many years after the initial attack. About 15 percent of individuals experience long-term weakness; some may require ongoing use of a walker, wheelchair, or ankle support. Muscle strength may not return uniformly.

Ongoing fatigue, pain, and other annoying sensations can sometimes be troublesome. Fatigue is best handled by pacing activities and providing time for rest when fatigue sets in. Those with Guillain-Barré syndrome face not only physical difficulties, but emotionally painful periods as well. It is often extremely difficult for individuals to adjust to sudden paralysis and dependence on others for help with routine daily activities. Individuals sometimes need psychological counseling to help them adapt. Support groups can often ease emotional strain and provide valuable information

Hopefully TR is one of those lucky ones to experience a full recovery. There's no known cure at this time, though.

Good and healing thoughts to him and his loved ones.

A decade on TKP and it's been time well spent.

APrimusHokie's picture APrimusHokie | 5 years 4 months # ^

You can get Guillian-Barre syndrome if you had covid 😫

The taste is so divine
A chemical come alive
Welcome to your vice
Good luck with life
'Cause you can't
You can't
You can't kill me that easily

CareyHokie's picture CareyHokie | 5 years 4 months #

What a sad and scary story. Best of wishes to this young man for a full recovery. God bless you and be with you, TR Williams.

jaHokie's picture jaHokie
| 5 years 3 months #

Damn prayers up.

My cousin had this two years ago. It was as if he had a stroke. the left side of his face started hanging and lost all feeling on his extremities on the left side. Incredibly scary time. Fortunately, he never got to a breathing tube and he was almost back to normal about a year later but it was absolutely terrifying when it happened.