TBI leaves successful CO couple impoverished
Alex and Jenny Latham of Lafeyette, CO were victims of an October 2005 car accident caused by a man fleeing from police. Since the accident the couple has lost their jobs and their Longmont home to foreclosure. They are badly injured and unable to work. They now live in a small townhouse in Lafayette with their four children, ages 4, 5, 13 and 14. “The doctor even told my parents that I wouldn’t make it alive,” said Alex. He was hospitalized for eight weeks and spent four months at home primarily bed ridden. Jenny was hospitalized for six weeks. They each went through surgeries and will face more. Scars memorialize the accident, and some shifts in personality hint at their mental changes. The family now lives primarily on Jenny Latham’s disability and it is a sparse existence. They also are learning to work around new challenges caused by traumatic brain injury.
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