{"id":791,"date":"2010-07-24T19:25:38","date_gmt":"2010-07-25T01:25:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/waiting.com\/blog\/?p=791"},"modified":"2010-07-24T19:25:38","modified_gmt":"2010-07-25T01:25:38","slug":"new-york-cop-survivestries-to-move-on-after-brain-injury-from-accident","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/waiting.com\/blog\/2010\/07\/new-york-cop-survivestries-to-move-on-after-brain-injury-from-accident.html","title":{"rendered":"New York Cop Survives,Tries To Move On After Brain Injury From Accident"},"content":{"rendered":"\r\n<p>Carlos Olmedo, a police officer in Brooklyn, has had an almost miraculous recovery from\u00a0a horrendous accident that left him with traumatic brain injury in\u00a0May.<\/p>\r\n<p>Olmedo, 31,\u00a0was chasing down several suspected car thieves in Bensonhurst in the early morning May 16\u00a0when he was hit by a motorcycle, according to a profile of him\u00a0Friday in the New York Daily News.<\/p>\r\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nydailynews.com\/news\/ny_crime\/2010\/07\/23\/2010-07-23_injured_hero_cop_is_welcomed_home.html\">http:\/\/www.nydailynews.com\/news\/ny_crime\/2010\/07\/23\/2010-07-23_injured_hero_cop_is_welcomed_home.html<\/a><\/p>\r\n<p>\u00a0The young cop says he was thrown 40 feet in the air and landed on his left side. He\u00a0sustained severe brain injury\u00a0and was in a coma for 11 days,\u00a0clinging to life. When Almedo finally regained consciousness,\u00a0he learned the seriousness of his injury and understood that his recovery would not be easy. At first, he didn&#8217;t even remember his infant son.<\/p>\r\n<p>According\u00a0to the News, Almedo prayed for a miracle. He was in the hospital for 2 1\/2 months, and has made steady progress.<\/p>\r\n<p>At this point the police officer has undergone brain surgery, and has a dent in the left side of his head &#8220;the size of a fist,&#8221; according to the News.\u00a0Physicians have grafted part of his skull bone onto his stomach, and they will reattach that piece of bone\u00a0to Omedo&#8217;s\u00a0skull this month.\u00a0<\/p>\r\n<p>The police officer, who also had his ankle crushed in the accident, isn&#8217;t back to his old self, but is happy to be alive. Olmedo has some memory loss and\u00a0his speech is slurred a bit, The News reported.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\r\n<p>\u00a0The cop returned to his old stationhouse last Thursday, about two months after his near-fatal accident, where he was greeted by his collegues and New York City Police Commissioner Ray Kelly.\u00a0It was a hero&#8217;s welcome.\u00a0<\/p>\r\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\r\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Carlos Olmedo, a police officer in Brooklyn, has had an almost miraculous recovery from\u00a0a horrendous accident that left him with traumatic brain injury in\u00a0May. 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