We continue to ask for your prayers in her long and painful recovery
Victoria
was critically injured in a vehicle accident and the right side of
little Victoria's face was crushed including orbit, cheek, and jaw bones.
She also received a bad skull fracture and developed a CSF (cerebrospinal
fluid leak) from the skull fracture.
Our Family and Victoria wish to extend our thanks to Victoria's WILDFIRE SOCCER CLUB for the August 20th donation of all game proceeds, in their entirety, to a special account toward the medical care and well being of Victoria. The game was between the WILDFIRE ALLSTARS vs. CHALLENGE ALLSTARS. The game was held at Friendswood High School Friendswood, TX. Donations for Victoria can be made to her account at Texas First Bank, P.O. Box 339, Kemah, TX 77565. UPDATE
( translation by Pediatrician friend Dr. Winnette) They did a spinal
tap and culture because she was running a fever and had the CSF leak (cerebrospinal
fluid drip from her nose). They said "it looks clear",....i.e., it
"looks like water" which is what it's supposed to look like. The Laboratory,
however, COUNTS the cells, analyzes what kinds of cells, plates it
on different kinds of media (agar) plates for different kinds of bacteria,
fungi, mycobacterium, and sometimes, viruses. They do a Latex Agglutination
test on it (a quick check for some
Thankfully, tests came back negative. Victoria will have to watch for Infection in her CS fluid for the rest of her life due to the CSF leak. To family and friends, Victoria looked pretty bad. Her Neurosurgeon Dr. Warder says, in fact "she looks good". Head bandaged face swelled 4X it's size and 2 eyes swollen shut. (trusting Doc was hard) Dr Winnette says she was in the right place for this kind of injury/surgery/recovery. UTMB Children's Hospital in Galveston gets sick children sent to them literally from all over the world.... The Texas Medical Center in Houston has great PR folks, but UTMB just quietly goes about taking care of seriously ill, injured and burned children. The Shriners Burns Institute was across the street from us connected by a walk way. Dr. Winnette says it's pretty phenomenal what they do. The same surgeons that took care of Victoria, are some of the same ones that work at SBI. The Family and Victoria wish to especially thank the UTMB Doctors and staff who recognized the seriousness of Victoria's injury and Hugs particularly to Dr Warder who "fixed her up". Our prayers HAVE been answered. Her smile, sense of humor and rapid progress are proof of that. We continue to ask for prayers for her long and painful recovery. Email Webmaster@Kemah.Net
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Dr. Daryl Warder looks in
Daddy & Victoria
Nap
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