Golightly News

Sorry, I haven't been quick on the updates on Golightly, but that's partly because I haven't been updated much myself. This is the latest.

E-mail from a friend:

"Hi everyone,

Sorry it's been awhile since I have emailed about Golightly.

I did go see her this past weekend. We spent the Easter Holiday together. She is doing amazing things. She can open her eyes, we are pretty sure she can't see us, but we do believe she can hear us. She responds to small commands. She works really hard to move her hands, fingers and eyes for us. It really gives you hope that she is still in there trying to make her way back to us. We really need her to wake up soon. The longer she stays in this 'coma state' the less chances she has for some sort of recovery.

She looks great. If you didn't know her situation you would honestly think she was just asleep. She is in a private room at Baylor, there are no machines surrounding her, but she is constantly being monitored. They are talking about moving her from Baylor to some sort of long term care facility soon, but as of right now that isn't a definite.

Along with the good news, comes some bad. They did do a MRI on her brain last week, and sadly the damage that we feared in the beginning is there along with some new damage they discovered. On the scan it showed some frontal lobe damage as well as all the other damage from before. While this news is devastating on some level the doctors, her family, and I are not giving up hope. While her chances of a complete recovery are small, there is still a chance. I refuse to believe that my oldest and dearest friend is going to be like this forever.

For those of you unaware Golightly does not have health insurance. So should she recover she will be saddled with literally millions of dollars in hospital bills. Golightly's mom is going to start a trust fund for her this week at Wells Fargo. If you haven't already donated to the Walk like Madd walk next weekend, we ask that you hold on to you money and donate it to Golightly personally. She will need all the help that she can get.

Keep the prayers and good thoughts coming. God has a plan, hopefully he will let us in on it soon."


That's interesting that her friend mentioned the lack of insurance, because when I first heard of the accident that was one of my second or third thoughts. I don't know if yall knew this, but Golightly had been laid off from her job about a month or so before the accident, which of course means no health insurance. It's so unfortunate that this accident that didn't have to happen has completely changed the life of a healthy, young woman and those closest to her.


An update from her patient website:

"Dear friends and family,

As many of you know Golightly's condition at Baylor Hospital is stable , however her status with insurance and rehabilitation at this point is not. Golightly unfortunately lost her job in January due to economic cutbacks. She has had her cobra insurance which covers $500 a day of the medical expenses that are incurred by the hospital. Because of the small amount that her cobra covers it has been a painstaking process of trying to find a facility that will accept Golightly out of the hospital.

So far Golightly has been denied placement in 8 facilities in the Dallas area and several facilities in the Arizona area as well. Daily the hospital staff asks us what the plans are for placement for Golightly but with so many facilities turning her down it is a constant battle. We have applied for state medicaid insurance which is a tedious process and which does not cover much. Decision is pending.

We are asking family and friends if you can to assist with as much as possible . We would like to have her transported to Arizona where her mom lives, transport of which ranges between $12- $15,000.00 for air flight. She still cannot breathe on her own and needs in flight nurse for management of her tracheotomy ( breathing tube) and other vital equipment.

We have set up a benefit account with Wells Fargo so that any donations for Golightly's management can be handled accordingly. We ask that you hold off on any donations to the MADD walk, as we have already met the goal!! YAY!! Please donate to her medical care to the account info below. This is a benefit donation account on her behalf. Thank you so much for your continued support and prayers.

Love and Godbless,
Golightly's Family"



If anyone is interested in donating to Golightly's account, please e-mail me and I will provide you with the account information and whatnot. And please spread the word on your own blogs as well. Golightly's family needs all the help they can get.


P.S. If there are any multi-millionaires reading my blog, I think a donation to Golightly's cause would make a lovely charitable gift.