Posted on 06/11/2012 2:41:20 PM PDT by STARWISE
Please hold Onxy's dear grandson, Brady, in your prayers.
From Onyx over the weekend:
"My 17 year old grandson, Brady is at Georgetown Hospital, Grand Cayman Island, in ICU with severe head injuries .. a distracted driver using a cell phone crashed into Brady and his Dad on their scooter.
Brady was thrown 20 yards. He laid there comatose for 45 minutes before the ambulance arrived from the hospital less than 1 mile away. (Nothing like free medicine).
He has severely bruised lungs and is getting oxygen, and has to be kept highly sedated because of brain swelling and a small blood clot. His Dad is in surgery for crushed knee caps and several other fractures.
DrO talked with his doctors and determined they’re completely competent, (Praise God) and said this is not life threatening.
No internal bleeding, but they have not yet checked for broken bones or fractures. As with all severe brain injuries, until they’re able to bring Brady to consciousness, the extent of the trauma and injury to his brain is an unknown.
If the pressure caused by the swelling doesn’t dissipate, they’ll have to go in. Just a small amount of bleeding, and the blood clot is small, as of 1:00AM
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Update this afternoon (after 6 hrs of surgery):
"The new CAT scan showed it all perfect.
The pressure reading is perfect and the swelling is zero. They stopping the sedation med already!
The doctor squeezed him and he showed a reaction!!!
Praise God. Praying that when Brady is taken out of his medically induced coma, that he will still be Brady - that is what I''m praying for."
I am so happy to read about Brady’s progress and hope that it only continues as will my prayers for him and Dad. I hope he has a great father’s day!
Praise God!!! I had NO idea. Sometimes I have to remove myself in order to keep my sanity; however, it also prevents me from the truly important issues....my fellow FReeps.
Thanks for the thread starwise.
Oh man, I’m so sorry to hear that. God Be with them.
Prayers for a speedy recovery for your grandson and his dad, onyx. Best to you,
Praying.
Nothing is too difficult for You, Precious Lord. All that is needed Your hand has provided. Your mercies are new every morning; great is Your faithfulness. Thank You for the healing You have purchased and provided for Brady and his Dad. In the Name of Jesus Christ, Amen.
Amen! Continuing prayers for our precious Lord’s
healing of Brady to full recovery and for Dad, too.
Prayers for the entire family. Lord, be with them
all .. hear our prayers.
I’m so sorry to hear of this. Of course you have our prayers. We have been on vacation and out of reach.
We will be at home soon.
We pray and pray for Brady’s robust healing
and recovery, as well as his Dad’s. God be
with him and the whole family. Lord, have
mercy.
Praying with you, Starwise. Amen
Amen.
Continuing prayers for onyx and her family.
Brady is still in a medically induced coma, and on a respirator because he now has pneumonia from the gunk and the accumulated fluids in in lungs, but before they discovered the infection (pneumonia) he was being brought back to consciousness and he recognized his Mom’s voice, so Praise God, I think his brain is A-OKay.
With everyone’s kind prayers, I just know he’s going to pull through all this. I thank you all from my heart. God bless and keep you all.
Brady is still in a medically induced coma, and on a respirator because he now has pneumonia from the gunk and the accumulated fluids in in lungs, but before they discovered the infection (pneumonia) he was being brought back to consciousness and he recognized his Mom’s voice, so Praise God, I think his brain is A-OKay.
With everyone’s kind prayers, I just know he’s going to pull through all this. I thank you all from my heart. God bless and keep you all.
May God remove all infections from Brady’s body and bring him to full health once more.
The Lord bless you and give you comfort and strength dear Onyx.
Thanks for the update, dear onyx. Hope you're doing all right, too.
Thanks for the update. A lot of prayers are being sent concerning this for Brady and all involved. It’s in God’s hands. Have peace in knowing that.
Thank you for letting us know. Prayers continue...
Joining in prayer for Brady and his dad, and for you too, Onyx.
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