re: My little cousin Greg Brooks road to recovery

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It's brain surgery. There are monumental risks involved. shite happens. Maybe the surgeon messed up, maybe he didn't. That will likely have to be determined by review.

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Yeah baw. That's why I said "if". It was sad seeing Strahan's daughter, who went through the same surgery as Brooks, have a seemingly full recovery, while Brooks is in a wheelchair and can barely speak.

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That's why I said "if". It was sad seeing Strahan's daughter, who went through the same surgery as Brooks, have a seemingly full recovery, while Brooks is in a wheelchair and can barely speak.

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There are a lot of blaming statements being thrown around, my bad.

But to say Strahan's daughter had the same surgery would also be disingenuous, or at least reductive. She was diagnosed with the same type of cancer, but that doesn't mean the situations were the same.

And yes, there are tiers of surgeons. Just like anything else. Maybe her surgeon was better, or quite possibly more experienced in this specific type of surgery. Or maybe her cancer was just in an easier spot to operate. We'll never really know. Even if any type of liability is found on the part of the surgeon, that doesn't mean he actually did anything wrong or that another surgeon would have 100% had better outcomes.

The larger problem falls in trying to find somewhere to place blame other than just accepting this is a shitty situation for this guy and his family. That's not to say there is no blame, but I'm going to need to see a lot more evidence.

Dizzy, passing out, and throwing up for a month and a half and dad didn't find out about it until they were taking his son to surgery? I don't think I'd pass out and throw up one time without telling my parents. And if it happened more than once, my mom wouldn't let me go 5 weeks without going to an actual doctor, not just take an athletic trainer's opinion.

What are the chances he told his dad about it, and dad being the old school football type told him to suck it up the same way the coaching staff did.

My brother died from this cancer. My first gut reaction was that Brooks looked good. Strahan's daughter is the exception.

I know that's shocking to read...but this is a brain tumor that attaches itself to the brain stem. Removing that tumor is as life threatening as it gets.

Soon after the surgery, some asked if Brooks would ever play again. I knew better. Happy to see he has some motor skills.

This is what this disease looks like. Crippling to the patient but also the family that will care for him for the rest of his life.

He will never be normal again. His quality of life will depend on his support system. It looks like he has that from afar.

I wish him and his family the best.

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Greg's family claims BK last contacted them in Oct 2023. It appears the lawsuit was filed in Oct 2024.

What happened in the interim?

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so he checked on them of 3-4 months?? eventually you have to move on? if you ever had a coworker die or someone that worked for you die...did you contact them forever?

its the way of the real world, you eventually move on. the world keeps turning, sorry

its not BKs kid. he has an extremely demanding job and kids of his own.

but again yall are taking the word of the obvious scholar in GB's dad.

This is a gut wrenching story all around. Prayers for a fast recovery.

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Maybe 1 month from surgery?

Why move the goal posts from he was "told by attorneys not to contact them", to it is just "the way the real world?"

You don't know what happened anymore than anyone else posting on this platform.

Personally, I know there is always more to the story, so I take this story at face value.

Maybe BK was an arse, maybe not.

I sure wouldn't spend time defending him like you have with no true knowledge of what transpired.

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again if this is the case then why was the family praising the LSU community and coaching staff etc?

LSU paid for everything...you understand that right? 100k+ in surgery paid for by LSU. but sure LSU and BK are the mean ones

It doesn’t matter, everyone getting sued. More targets, better hit rates.

Sucks for the young bro. I hope his recovery shocks the world.

Also, NEVER let military or school doctors cut on your brain man. Never. Knees are cool. Brains? They ain't cut out for that!

Man that’s tough. This is the first time I’ve seen how bad his condition really turned out to be.

This isnt LSUs fault. A month turnaround from first symptoms to diagnosis really isn’t that long.

Maybe a doctor messed up but I’m not buying that without hard proof.