Mission trip results in a TBI
Carl Youngberg was on a church mission trip to Honduras seven months ago when he suffered a traumatic brain injury. On the last day of the trip it was his turn to paint a mural when a ladder collapsed and Carl’s head hit the concrete floor from 12 feet up. Carl looks fine and can sometimes poke fun at himself, but he suffers from memory loss, dizziness, shaking in his hands and a 50 percent hearing loss. He is still plagued by the invisibility of his injury. To everyone, Carl seems fine, but expresses his discouragement, “Nobody knows you’re wounded. And you just know inside that everything is just crazy. It’s kind of like a massive case of ADD on steroids. You just feel so fragmented. It takes time to get centered and it’s a big challenge for me.” He has made progress, and hopes he continues to.
