On May 26th as we were celebrating LeeAnn's graduation I received a phone call from Lyna telling me that her sister Nicki (Jake's Godmother) has had a horrible accident. Rushed to the hospital without a second thought.
When I got there I had found out that Nicki was Mtn biking down the easy trail at Sundance with her niece Raquel's fiancée Jason. They were at the last 5 mins of the trail on a access road that had dips, bumps don't know what to call it. She wrecked luckily she was wearing a helmet and that someone was riding the ski lift up and saw it and was able to alert the authorities. They arrived on scene within a couple of minutes. Her breathing was very labored so she was life flighted to UVRMC and rushed into emergency surgery to try and relieve the pressure on the brain. At first they thought her jaw was shattered but it wasn't. Some how she has no broken bones, sprang. The right side of her face is black and blue and swollen. But the worst part is the injury on the left side of her brain. She has a lot of swelling on the left frontal lobe that is pushing on her eye. There is some bleeding in the front part of her brain. She also has small liaisons all over her brain. No one knows if it was a medical condition that caused her to wreck or if she just lost control. She is still unconscious and it has been 9 days. The dr said that she has blood pooled around her brain stem on the part that wakes you up. He does not expect her to wake up for at least 2 weeks. There are small signs that she is doing. Don't know if she is doing it on her own or if its reflex. Please pray for her and her family they need all the help.
That is so scary! I hope she heals and comes out of it okay.
ReplyDeleteThanks Peggy!!!!
ReplyDeleteJust found out that they are going to be putting in a feeding tube, they probably have already did it. They are also going to be moving Nicki to a Rehab/Nursing home as soon as a bed is available. There is nothing the hospital can do for her. All we can do is play the waiting game and I am the worst player at this game. I have absolutely no patience :( right now I am just trying to be there for my nina (Lyna) and mom (Erminia) they are having a really hard time. Nicki has always done everything for these guys. So it is my turn to step up to the plate and help out. I really appreciate all the prayers that are coming please continue to add her in your prayers. The dr is having doubts that Nicki will never wake up from this accident. I am trying to keep the faith that she will wake up but it is hard when you hear the facts.
On a good note Drell got her results today (yesterday) her cancer marking is at 94!!!!! Woot woot!!! That is a miracle all on its own, when she first got diagnosed with advanced stage 4 cancer the doctors gave her less then 6 months and it has been over a year. Her cancer markings started out over 1400 I am so proud and inspired by Drell's accomplishments already. Keep up the AWESOME work Drell love you guys tons!!!!!
Any updates? I guess today would be the 2 week point...
ReplyDeleteThat's great news about Andrella!