Kentuckys not doing enough to help its brain-injured residents.Thats the message Glasgow resident Shannon Heacock is taking to Frankfort today. Heacock, whose husband Pfc. Jesse Heacock was severely wounded in an Army boxing match, was to testify before a brain injury task force. My main goal is to inform them that we dont have the resources here in the state of Kentucky as far as brain injuries go, Heacock said.The commonwealth lags behind other states in the assistance it provides for victims, she said. Its nothing like in other states, Shannon Heacock said. Ive spoken to people from Arkansas and Alabama, where their state is involved in their brain injuries.Jesse Heacock was given only a 10 percent chance to live after suffering a brain hemorrhage in the match Aug. 21, 1999, near Kileen, Texas. His wife holds Sgt. 1st Class Kevin Greene, the coach of the Fort Hood Boxing Team, responsible. When the bell rang (to start the second round), the coach was screaming at him, telling him he didnt want it, she recalled. But then he took another blow to the head; Jesse went down and the referee did an eight-count. Then Jesse stood up, took three steps forward and collapsed. He spent the next three months in a coma. An article published by the Army Times quoted fellow team member Spc. Simon Pena as saying Greene was unapproachable when it came to injuries. Shannon Heacock filed a lawsuit against the military to get them to pay for his care. But I just havent pursued it, she said. I dont want to sue; Im not going to say the military was bad. It was more in the line of getting them to admit that what they did was wrong. I have asked and asked for them just to get their coach to apologize; they havent and he wouldnt. Shes now devoted her energy to helping her husband get adequate care, taking care of their young son and increasing awareness of the need brain injury victims and their families have daily. Shannons attempt to get her husband into the Center for Comprehensive Services at Carbondale, Ill. has been hindered by the Veterans Administrations failure to file paperwork for financial aid needed to make the $18,000 monthly payment that would be required. Were still not getting any help from the VA, but were not pushing it anymore, she said. We have moved to Glasgow, joined the YMCA and are doing the therapy ourselves. They have weights that I can use for where hes had the stroke. They also have day care, which helps with our son. About 1 million people are treated and 50,000 die each year from traumatic brain injuries in the U.S. each year, according to the Centers for Disease Control.