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High School Football Player Victim of 'Second Impact Syndrome'

Cody Lehe's headache following a helmet-to-helmet hit in a 2006 high school football game was so bad that he asked his mother to take him to the doctor. His CT scan a few days later came back normal, but the decision to go to practice the day after that would change his life forever. After taking a shoulder hit during practice, Cody, now 23, became a victim of what doctors call Second Impact Syndrome. His teammates thought he was having a seizure, but he was actually falling into a coma, with...Full Story
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