I am sitting in a waiting room in Methodist Hospital in Houston. My mother and I drove down here on Friday when we learned that my 22-year old cousin, Connie, had suffered a stroke. She was already in the hospital when the stroke happened, talking to one of her doctors (what Godly timing!). She was emitted due to bloodclots in her lungs.
On Friday, they removed a clot the size of a walnut from her brain, it was what had caused the stroke. Friday afternoon, a three-hour MRI revealed clots in her lungs and a dangerous clot in her heart.
Saturday morning, due to Connie's brain swelling, the neurosurgeon removed her left skull flap to allow room for her swollen brain. She was then moved to the Neurological ICU.
They are keeping her heavily sedated, but we are encouraged because she will tighly squeeze with her left hand when we talk to her, and this morning she opened her eyes. Several times today she has opened her eyes and looked for the person talking.
Please pray for Connie. Pray that she will recover quickly and completely. Also, please pray for her mom and dad. You can imagine what they are going through. Also, please remember my cousin Carrie in your prayers. She is seventeen and being brave through all this.
Also, please pray for her boyfriend, Travis. He has been here by her side through the whole thing. It is so obvious that he loves her deeply. Both her family and his think they are planning on getting married. He is so devoted to her and having a tough time.
Also, her friends have started a group page on Facebook for her called Prayers for Connie. If you are on Facebook, please check out and join the group. It is such an encouragement to her family to see how many people are praying for her.
Thank you.
6 comments:
thanks for letting us know, christin. i will definitely be lifting her name before the throne of grace & mercy. love to her & all her family & those who hold her close to their own hearts.
love,
k
I'm praying and I joined the group.
Thank you for your continued prayers!
christin, how is connie doing? is there any new information or updates?
thinking of you & praying,
*k
Connie is continuing to improve. They have moved her from ICU to her own room, which is great. She is completely off sedation, so she is alert. They have fitted her with a helmet so that she can start physical therapy. We do not yet know the extent of the damage to her speech or the extent of the paralysis to the right side of her body.
She is supposed to have either a CT scan or an MRI on her heart today. They are trying to figure out if the mass in her heart is another clot or a tumor. The next big thing is open-heart surgery to remove whatever it is.
Thank you for your continued prayers.
this breaks my heart. thank you for providing the update.
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