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On March 23, 2013, the book was released with the documentary film, ''Recovery'', at the [[University at Buffalo|University at Buffalo (UB)]] Center for the Arts<sup>[5]</sup>. Prior to the release of the book and documentary film, Faulkner was interviewed by Melissa Holmes of [[WGRZ]], a local news station in Buffalo, NY.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Holmes |first1=Melissa |title=Good Story Challenge: From Tragedy to Triumph |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7cCWt_4t2oo |website=YouTube |publisher=WGRZ-TV |access-date=3 September 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Holmes |first1=Melissa |title=Matt Faulkner: From Tragedy to Triumph |url=http://westseneca.wgrz.com/news/news/73146-matt-faulkner-tragedy-triumph |access-date=3 September 2020 |work=WGRZ-TV |agency=WGRZ |publisher=WGRZ-TV |date=14 February 2013}}</ref> |
On March 23, 2013, the book was released with the documentary film, ''Recovery'', at the [[University at Buffalo|University at Buffalo (UB)]] Center for the Arts<sup>[5]</sup>. Prior to the release of the book and documentary film, Faulkner was interviewed by Melissa Holmes of [[WGRZ]], a local news station in Buffalo, NY.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Holmes |first1=Melissa |title=Good Story Challenge: From Tragedy to Triumph |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7cCWt_4t2oo |website=YouTube |publisher=WGRZ-TV |access-date=3 September 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Holmes |first1=Melissa |title=Matt Faulkner: From Tragedy to Triumph |url=http://westseneca.wgrz.com/news/news/73146-matt-faulkner-tragedy-triumph |access-date=3 September 2020 |work=WGRZ-TV |agency=WGRZ |publisher=WGRZ-TV |date=14 February 2013}}</ref> |
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== Further Writing == |
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In March 2019, Faulkner posted an essay, titled: "Ten Years After Brain Injury: A Reflection" to WordPress to share his experience and commemorate the ten year anniversary of his TBI.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Faulkner |first1=Matthew |title=Ten Years After Brain Injury: A Reflection |url=https://tenyearsafterbraininjury.home.blog/2019/03/06/ten-years-after-brain-injury-a-reflection-by-matt-faulkner/ |website=WordPress |date=6 March 2019 |access-date=23 November 2021}}</ref> In 2021, the blog post was reformatted and posted as a "Survivor Story" to the [[Emilia Clarke|SameYou]] website, as well as highlighted on their Instagram page.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Faulkner |first1=Matthew |title=Ten years after brain injury: A reflection |url=https://www.sameyou.org/survivor_story_6 |website=SameYou.org |access-date=5 August 2022}}</ref> <ref>{{cite web |last1=SameYouOrg |title=Meet Matt Faulkner |url=https://www.instagram.com/p/CNj9FMcgTjF/ |website=Instagram |access-date=5 August 2022}}</ref> In the blog post, he shared his first thoughts about waking from the coma: |
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''When I woke up alone on a cold hospital floor–the result of my intention to escape what I had thought was a nightmare–the first thing I realized was that my legs did not work like they used to. Screaming nurses swarmed to my attention, so I knew that something was wrong. The last thing I remembered was enjoying a fully functional and lazy Sunday, the final day of mid-winter break from my Senior year of high school. Apparently, months had gone by–the calendar on the wall already had the first few days of May crossed off.'' |
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''The nightmare was real. There were things that I could not remember happening and there was no changing that, no matter how difficult that was for me to grasp. That moment, on the floor, is when I tell people I woke up from the coma, although my doctor would say differently. Two weeks prior, after following the simple command of "squeeze my finger," I was declared "awake."'' |
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''That moment, on the floor, I had to accept that everyone around me was telling the truth when they said that I was in an accident.'' |
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''I had suffered a Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI).'' |
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Further, he describes the details of his injuries, emergency medical care and prognosis: |
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''In addition to being entirely unconscious (Glasgow Coma Scale of 3-4), I was not breathing, in decerebrate posturing, and in cardiac arrest. The team of first responders, most of whom volunteer firefighters, were responsible for performing CPR, intubating me, and administering epinephrine at the scene to jump-start my heart. Once I was stabilized, they alerted Mercy Flight of WNY to rapidly transport me to the TICU at Erie County Medical Center (ECMC). The brilliant attending neurosurgeon, Dr. Gregory Bennett MD, effectively mitigated the bleeding and swelling inside my brain, which was due to intracranial bleeding and an intraparenchymal contusion. The procedure helped prevent further brain damage from brain herniation and increased my chances of having a "good" outcome, or being able to live without constant care. The chances of that happening were about 1 in 10, according to prognostic models. But first I had to survive–a mere 20% likelihood. In the first week, my parents were advised that they may have to make a decision to remove me from life support in the near future.'' |
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''However grim the prognosis, I survived the acute stages and a serious lung infection. I spent exactly three weeks in the TICU before I was stable enough to be transferred and admitted to the "Coma Stim" rehabilitation program under the outstanding care of my physiatrist, Dr. Gary Wang MD, PhD. It would be another three weeks until I was officially declared awake.'' |
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Faulkner writes further about his rehabilitation, leaving the hospital and preparing for college. He then includes a follow-up about his life in the years following the release of the book and documentary film, ''Recovery''. |
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In March 2024, Faulkner posted a new reflection essay, titled "15 Years After Brain Injury: A Reflection," to honor the anniversary and share some updates, including his additional advocacy work as well as growing his family with the birth of a son.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Faulkner |first1=Matt |title=15 Years After Brain Injury: A Reflection |url=https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/15-years-after-brain-injury-matt-faulkner-yiype/ |publisher=LinkedIn |access-date=19 March 2024}}</ref> |
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| Author | Joseph Kirchmyer, and Matthew Faulkner |
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| Language | English |
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| Publisher | No Frills Buffalo |
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| Publication place | United States |
| Pages | 140 |
| ISBN | 978-0615759739 |
Most Likely to Survive: The Story of Matthew Faulkner's Miraculous Recovery from Traumatic Brain Injury is a non-fiction work written by Joe Kirchmyer and the book's subject, Matt Faulkner. The book was released in March 2013 and details a car accident in which Faulkner was a passenger.[1][2][3] This occurred just a few months prior to his graduation from West Seneca West Senior High School (WSW) in 2009. Faulkner suffered from a severe traumatic brain injury (TBI) which left him in a coma for nearly two months. He spent three weeks on life support in the ICU at the Erie County Medical Center. He walked out of the hospital after 103 days and then received his high school diploma from West Seneca West just 12 days later.[4][5] The book's title is a reference to Faulkner being named "Most Likely to Succeed" by his high school graduating class shortly before the accident.
Premise
[edit]The book details Faulkner's life leading up to the accident, including his family life and having earned a place in the top ten percent of his high school graduating class, as well as admission to the all-college honors program at Canisius College[1]. A large majority of the book covers his hospitalization, rehabilitation, and his life in the years after the injury, including starting school at Canisius College in Buffalo, New York, and working towards his college graduation in 2013.[6]
The book closes with a personal note from Faulkner about his aspirations for a new approach to TBI rehabilitation, including "our society to reach some type of recognition that brain injury does happen, and that we need to do more for the victims, especially the young people who suffer from such an awful occurrence." He goes on to establish his ambition of seeing better TBI rehabilitation and outcomes.[7]
Release
[edit]On March 23, 2013, the book was released with the documentary film, Recovery, at the University at Buffalo (UB) Center for the Arts[5]. Prior to the release of the book and documentary film, Faulkner was interviewed by Melissa Holmes of WGRZ, a local news station in Buffalo, NY.[8][9]
References
[edit]- ^ Rey & Simon. "Injured student wins multiple awards Array of honors presented in hospital". The Buffalo News. Retrieved 29 December 2023.
- ^ "'A long way to go' for car crash victim". The Buffalo News. 2009-07-16. Retrieved 2020-01-26.
- ^ Holmes, Melissa (14 Feb 2013). "Matt Faulkner: From Tragedy to Triumph". WGRZ-TV. WGRZ-TV. Retrieved 25 July 2020.
- ^ Kirchmyer, Joe. (21 January 2013). Most likely to survive. Faulkner, Matthew. Buffalo, NY. ISBN 978-0-615-75973-9. OCLC 841488575.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) - ^ Olczak, Paul (7 February 2013). "Tragedy brings friends together again". West Seneca Bee. Bee Publications. Retrieved 29 July 2020.
- ^ "Degree of Resilience". Canisius.edu. Canisius College. 20 August 2013. Archived from the original on 2020-01-26. Retrieved 14 August 2020.
- ^ Kirchmyer, Joe (23 March 2013). Most Likely to Survive. No Frills Buffalo. pp. 128–132.
- ^ Holmes, Melissa. "Good Story Challenge: From Tragedy to Triumph". YouTube. WGRZ-TV. Retrieved 3 September 2020.
- ^ Holmes, Melissa (14 February 2013). "Matt Faulkner: From Tragedy to Triumph". WGRZ-TV. WGRZ-TV. WGRZ. Retrieved 3 September 2020.