Brian “B Money” Murkinson

Brian was seven years old when he acquired a Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) in a car accident. The team of neurologists, trauma pediatric doctors, and neurosurgeons all expected the injuries to be fatal. After two weeks in the PICU with little signs of hope, the team had an MRI conducted which showed what they thought was irreversible brain damage especially to the brain stem. He was removed from life support and admitted to hospice on December 17, 2011. His older brother Ben, who was only 10 at the time, never believed the doctors’ predictions and asked everyone to pray for a Christmas miracle. Two days later, Brian woke up from his coma. He returned to the PICU, astonishing the medical professionals who had never before seen anything like it. Ten days later, he was admitted to the CIRU at Scottish Rite for rehabilitation and was a patient there for 30 days. He went through 3 months of further rehab and was able to start 2nd grade that August, only 9 months after the accident! He regained his ability to speak, eat, walk, play, dress, and bathe himself. In the years that have followed, Brian he has been a member of a Cub Scout troop and soccer, baseball, and basketball teams, has been involved with an organization Songs for Kids where he writes and performs original songs, and was a founding member of his high school's dance marathon, coming in as the top fundraiser for the last two years! Brian loves UGA Miracle, and has rarely missed an event - taking part in every dance marathon even during COVID via zoom. After graduation next year he is considering attending an inclusion academy at one of Georgia's universities, or getting started in the workforce. He loves to make other people happy and he frequently reminds others to be more willing to give a compliment, a smile or just make a human connection, in a world where we all have become more and more isolated from each other.