i might be gone for a while

[Ichbin]

Omega....Wow....

Life has weird ways of doing things man. All I can really say is what Ryo said, just take it easy.

All my prayers are out towards your way man.

I know she'll turn for the best ^.^

[Crimson Sky]

Omega I'm so sorry, I had no idea this thread was here, I would have called you and your mom to lend some spiritual support. I'll be watching the blog and cheering your sister on during her recovery.

[Omega]

crenn, thanks for bumping this and thanks to everybody for the support.

As it turns out, the doctors at Santa Rosa Memorial hospital could have prevented the stroke and did not. Effectively, they were trying to kill her, but being subtle about it, or they didn't realize. What they did was fail to check some vital things that allowed her to stroke. When she was put on the chopper, nobody expected her to make it to Sacramento. And here we are, a month later, still fighting. To think, only 5% of people survive this type of stroke.


Well, basically, Santa Rosa Memorial and the doctors that were caring for Sara are in some deep **** already and it's only going to get worse for them from here. We've already got lawyers throwing themselves at us for the chance to handle this case, especially since with the circumstances, it's almost definitely a win for us. The compensation is quite a bit -- I'm not going to post how much -- but it's a very, very large number. There was a LOT that they could have done to prevent her from being locked in, and they didn't.

I told my mom that for the doctor's sake, she shouldn't introduce them to me. Normally I'm not a violent person, but I'm pretty sure I'd send these ****s to the grave. Nobody, and I ****ing mean nobody ****s with my sister.


In other news:

-Apparently Viagra has been used on patients with locked in syndrome and has almost completely positive results across the board, with patients making almost complete recovery (having the ability to walk, talk, basically everything). My mom is going to contact the doctor who is performing this and see if my sister is eligible, with her permission, of course.

-We should have a paypal account set up soon enough for people who want to donate money. Any and everything is appreciated and I can guarantee you it'll go to a good use. I'll get the info up here as soon as I get it.

[Omega]

It's crazy to think that we're coming up on the three year mark.

Unfortunately, my sister is still quadriplegic, mute, and basically completely dependent on other people.

She's been home for at least a year now, probably a year and a half. Things have settled down a whole lot since October 24th, 2007, and even more so since she's been home, but she still has a long road ahead of her.

I remember in the first few weeks and months after her accident and subsequent stroke -- she couldn't open her eyes, and mustering up the energy to look up or down (our early system of communication, up for yes, down for no) to answer few questions would tire her out. I remember spending the first few months after her accident scared every day over if she was going to make it to tomorrow or not. It truly was a stressful few months.

Luckily after about a year and a half to two years spent in various hospitals, she came home. It was a nice change, for the first time in nearly two years at that point, to have our little "family" back together, regardless of the circumstances. If anything, though, this was somewhat harder. We didn't have nursing staff for the first three weeks or so, Sara was still stabilizing and acclimating to her new environment, and while we were waiting for the nursing service to assign RNs to our case, me and my mom were essentially the nursing staff, all day, for three weeks.

Since we got our nursing staff in -- and Sara fully acclimated, things have been going pretty smoothly. Progress has been slow and sporadic but she is still progressing, which is good. She went from being unable to open her eyes, requiring a ventilator to breathe and needing 24/7 nurse supervision to having voluntary control of her head and neck to a limited degree, somewhat developed facial expressions, involuntary arm/leg movement (which can be quite the thrill when she spasms and ends up hitting you...), and some vocal cord use. No talking yet, but you can hear her faintly laugh when you do something really funny.

Anybody who's kept reading the blog (that is before it went private) would have certainly noticed all the posts with big text and generally saying random stuff -- That's Sara! She has a computer that she uses to communicate by way of blinking and the Blog is basically her only outlet to the world, so she puts it to good use.

Anywho, I just figured I'd give you guys an update. I know it's been a (long) while since I've been here, but you all were the first to know and I figure there's probably still some of you out there who wouldn't mind an update.

[SXRguyinMA]

wow man I must have joined after this because I missed it! My condolences to you and your family. I'm glad she's hung on! She's strong. I hope things continue to get better from here on out

Will