Abstract
The authors were invited to submit this article to highlight the needs of patients and their families when a brain injury has occurred. They are trained professionals who have made a transition from near-ignorance to deep knowledge and experience in one specific area of patient care, a painful and continuing series of events occurring within their family and an important topic for other doctors to understand.
It is, by its nature, a personal account that reveals much about a named patient, their son Ben. He has given his consent to the publication of this article.