Fish oil helped save our son

By Stephanie Smith, CNN

Updated 2142 GMT (0542 HKT) January 18, 2017

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Grant Virgin, 16, after he was struck by a hit-and-run driver. Doctors advised his family to let him go, saying his odds of survival were slim.
Photos: Omega-3 recovery
A remarkable recovery – Grant Virgin, 16, after he was struck by a hit-and-run driver. Doctors advised his family to let him go, saying his odds of survival were slim.
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The Virgin family believes that fish oil ultimately altered Grant's life course, and healed his brain.
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A remarkable recovery – The Virgin family believes that fish oil ultimately altered Grant's life course, and healed his brain.
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Grant Virgin underwent multiple surgeries and spent considerable time on a ventilator. He was in coma, and his doctors urged his family to "wait and see" while his brain healed.
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A remarkable recovery – Grant Virgin underwent multiple surgeries and spent considerable time on a ventilator. He was in coma, and his doctors urged his family to "wait and see" while his brain healed.
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Grant with his father, John Virgin. Says Virgin, "We had been told he'd never be able to recognize anybody, he will never be able to focus his eyes, all the grim stuff."
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A remarkable recovery – Grant with his father, John Virgin. Says Virgin, "We had been told he'd never be able to recognize anybody, he will never be able to focus his eyes, all the grim stuff."
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Grant Virgin in the hospital. The Virgin family heard about a CNN report on a teenager named <a href="http://www.cnn.com/2012/10/19/health/fish-oil-brain-injuries/">Bobby Ghassemi</a>, who nearly died in a car accident before getting a large infusion of fish oil. A few months later, Ghassemi attended his high school graduation.
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A remarkable recovery – Grant Virgin in the hospital. The Virgin family heard about a CNN report on a teenager named Bobby Ghassemi, who nearly died in a car accident before getting a large infusion of fish oil. A few months later, Ghassemi attended his high school graduation.
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Grant Virgin and a nurse. Forty-eight hours after receiving high-dose fish oil, he called his mother in the middle of the night and had a conversation with her.
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A remarkable recovery – Grant Virgin and a nurse. Forty-eight hours after receiving high-dose fish oil, he called his mother in the middle of the night and had a conversation with her.
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