Paramedic left permanently disabled after attack outside Dodger Stadium two years ago is forced back home to be cared for by his parents after insurance stops paying

Bryan Stow was viciously attacked as he returned to his car after a game at Dodger Stadium

He suffered brain damage and was left permanently disabled

More than two years after the attack his family say he needs 24-hour medical attention but his insurance company are refusing to pay

The divorced father-of-two is back living with his parents in Santa Cruz



A San Francisco Giants fan brutally beaten and left for dead outside Dodger Stadium more than two years ago has been forced to return home to be cared for by his family after his insurance company refused to continue paying for his medical care.

Father-of-two Bryan Stow was returning to his car after the opening day game between the L.A. Dodgers and the San Fransisco Giants in March 2011 when he was viciously attacked.



He spent months in a medically induced coma after being punched in the head, kicked and slammed to the ground outside Dodger Stadium.

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Bryan Stow has been forced to return home to be cared for by his family after his insurance company refused to continue paying for his medical care

Bryan Stow, center, has been forced to move back to live with his parents where he is being cared for by his mom Ann, second left, and father Dave, at the back in a blue baseball cap

Stow, a paramedic from Santa Cruz, California, suffered brain damage and was left permanently disabled.



He has spent the past year at the Centre for Neuro Skills (CNS), a live-in rehab facility in Bakersfield, where his progress has been slow, but steady.

‘Let us clarify something very important - Bryan could have benefited greatly by staying at CNS longer,’ writes Stow's sister Bonnie and mom Ann on a blog dedicated to telling his story and raising funds for his future care.



‘We are so glad to have him home, but as prepared as we thought we were, it was a difficult transition.’

Bryan Stow with his ex-wife Jackie Kain and his two children Tyler, 14, and Tabitha, 10 Stow has spent the past two years in a series of hospitals and rehab centers since the brutal attack in 2011

Back in Santa Cruz, Stow is being cared for by his parents and caregivers hired by his family.



They are attempting to provide the around-the-clock care they claim he needs, but that his insurance company have decided is no longer necessary and are refusing to cover.

'We are now the ones administrating his medical care, scheduling all his appointments, and preparing all his meals. We are not complaining… we have Bryan home!



'At first look and during conversations, Bryan appears to be doing better, cognitively. But to be with him as much as we are, we see what others don’t.



'The memory problems, the use of words that do not belong, the pain he is in and the stiffness in his body that prevents him from being able to do things on his own.



Bryan Stow pictured with his two kids prior to the brutal beating which has left him permanently disabled

Before the incident Stow was a paramedic, left, while after the accident he spent months in a coma



'Due to a huge cut in therapy coverage, Bryan has physically experienced a big setback. We do what we can at home, but he needs the five days a week that he grew accustomed to. We just don’t know how to get that for him.'

Louie Sanchez and Marvin Norwood were arrested for inflicting great bodily injury on Stow, 'causing him to become comatose due to brain injury and to suffer paralysis,' according to court documents.

They were arrested and charged in the attack following a Los Angeles police investigation.



Investigators describe the assault as the culmination of a string of confrontations they had with randomly selected Giants fans at the stadium.

Last June, Sanchez and Norwood were ordered to stand trial on charges stemming from the attack. Both men have pleaded not guilty.

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Louie Sanchez, left, and Marvin Norwood deny inflicting great bodily injury on Stow

Stow returned to Dodger Stadium for one of the Giants' world series games last year



