160 Hours Later

Sorry the update took so long. I was away from the computer for most of the day.

This via patient webpage Wednesday night:
"We met with the trama surgeon and everything seems to be ok with the recovery of Golightly's torso and internal organs. The swelling is coming down and she is looking much better. She is settling in well and seems to be much more comfortable here. The staff here has been quite pleasant and informative. We are thankful for all that they are doing to take care of Golightly."



This was a forwarded e-mail with an update from Golightly's mother dated Thursday the 20th:
"Hello to all, friends and family, Day # 6
Today is Thursday and she is hanging in there now more than 160 hrs
i.e.and 5 days.
She has daily CT scans to assess any evolving brain damage, and
today, in addition to her carotid fracture, she was found to also
have bilateral i.e both sides of the neck, vertebral artery
lacerations. The vertebrals perfuse the lower brain called the
cerebellum and also the cerebrum, when there is a laceration it
disrupts blood flow which is still intact in her case, but her
reports mentions diffuse ischemia which is like a diffuse
stroke because of lessened blood flow.
She has intermittent rises in her vital signs i.e blood
pressures temp and heart rate soars concerningly, but it is her
body's autoregulation system that is going haywire for the
thermostat is not working........ usually if she is sedated
sufficiently, it is enough to overide and keep her vitals
balanced and stable, overall she is doing well and fighting
fiercely........I talk to her all of the time ! I KNOW she is
hearing me ! She WILL pull thru this ! !

We prepare for her tracheostomy and feed tube placement. I
anticipate after that we will all settle down into PRAYING and
WATCHING

Thank you for your continued prayers and support."



From the same forwarded email but on Wednesday the 18:
"she had a ct this am which shows slight ever so slight lessening of
the brain swelling so our prayers are working.....she has damage
to her right carotid and vascular surgeons are at this time
evaluating it......this is another serius finding, hopefully it
does not present a problem, keep praying.......and thanks for
the inquiries and support."



And this is the latest via the patient webpage:
"Family and friends met with the doctor today to discuss different approaches to treating Golightly. Everything seems to be okay, while progress is still slow moving. All of the positive attitudes and prayer from family and friends surely is helping Golightly through her journey to a full recovery.

Baylor Hospital continues to be very helpful in offering care for Golightly and information to family and friends."

That's all I know. Per usual, keep the prayers coming.


UPDATED Friday 12:10pm cst:
Golightly will be taken off the ventilater at 2 pm today and put on a trach tube. Pray for success.