Depression is common after a traumatic injury, especially one as bad as his. Often that manifests in anger.


I don't know if this is any help. But after my left hand surgery, my thumb was numb. The top part. It was that way until late June. I honestly thought it was permanent. The nerves have to have a chance to regenerate or regrow. The more severe the injury the longer it takes. The right hand, I have a numbness at the base of my thumb, which I expect will be there for a couple or three months.

Your son's numbness is going to last longer, probably. Tell him to keep track. The numbness I has shrank little by little. But it takes time. I know he wants to be 100 percent right away. But he was severely injured. I think his feeling will return, most if not all. Tell him, the itching that might happen for a while after the nerves wake up again, will almost make him wish for the numbness again.