I ran on a guy who had been shot in the head dealing drugs. There was a fist sized chunk of cerebrum on the concrete. I was actually assessing the others when he spoke! He was lucid, said he couldn't see and that his head hurtMiddle Age Russ wrote:No doubt he will be complaining about rotten luck. If he has any sense at all, he may come to the conclusion that this was a warning about the direction his life was headed and begin making better decisions.
We hauled him in and the ER doc said he probably wouldn't make it because of brain stem swelling. Four months later I picked up a sick kid and had mom with me. We started talking about her neighborhood and I brought this fellow up.
She said, "Oh, you mean Billy _______ ."
I said, "Yup, I suppose he didn't make it."
"Oh yes he did, he walks with a limp but that's it."
"Well hopefully he learned from it."
"Nope, he's still out doing the same stuff."
My point is, when you are that stupid self improvement is not likely.