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KG may or may not have lifelong effects. No one knows, and certainly none of us do. Nothing in the link you wish to educate us with says that every person with TBI suffers lifelong changes, but only expresses the likelihood of experiencing the various conditions, which are significant. To the previous poster's comment that "KG will not be the KG that she was. There's no going around that", it must be pointed out that "the KG that she was" is largely the reason that she got into the fight that left her the KG that she is now. She was clearly an angry and troubled teen whose life appeared to be headed in the wrong direction, based on her own father's comments that she had been regularly having altercations at school, and we know there was at least one suspension, and perhaps others.
KG may very well recover enough to have a full and productive life, and I hope that she does. She certainly has made remarkable progress thus far. Unlike some here, I wish the same for MD, who also will pay whatever penalty a judge determines, that is far more qualified to make that determination, than is any of us here, is fair in the eyes of the law. She also will have to live with the knowledge that her impulsive actions in rage very possibly could have cost another person their life. Both young ladies may require behavioral therapy, but both may be able to move forward from this sad chapter in their lives. We should all hope so. JMO