Just this morning, a local news station claimed that the girl had suffered a heart attack during her recovery. I don’t know what to believe. I, for one, would not want my loved one’s business being broadcast on the air between commercials for the Honda Holiday Sale and Flo, the Progressive Lady.
Jahi was fine in surgery and in the recovery room.
Due to her morbid obesity, she was scheduled to spend one night in the ICU after surgery, which is not common for a tonsillectomy patient.
After thirty minutes in ICU, Jahi started bleeding profusely. She lost four pints and had four blood transfusions.
Later, in ICU, Jahi's grandmother noticed that Jahi's blood oxygen level was dropping. She alerted the nurses. Jahi went into cardiac arrest. Physician performed heart compressions and tried different blood clotting medicines, none of which worked.
During resuscitation, Jahi lost a lost of oxygen to the brain. The following day, a CT showed that 2/3 of her brain was swollen.
The swelling continued until she was 100% brain dead.
This description comes from Jahi's uncle, Omari Sealey, on a CNN phone interview.