Tuesday, July 3, 2007

It's unreal

Wow! Last Tues. my niece was in an apartment fire in Carey. Dashelle and her friend, Rashelle, were rescued by a man in a dump truck who pulled them from the building. They were flown by life flight to St. Vincent hosp. in Toledo. Dashelle suffered 70% burns on most of her body and 2nd degree on her face. Rashelle's burns were mostly the lower part of the body-I'm not sure the %. They were both in critical condition. As of today, Tues., I do not have an update on Rashelle, the friend. The Drs. have harvested skin from her to grow some for grafting.Dashelle, my niece, is still not doing well. Her kidneys are not functioning properly so they have given her a medicine to jump start them. We should know by 11 today if it will work. If not, they will start dialysis. They wanted to graft some skin from her chest area, where she still had a patch of skin, to her right hand but, were unable to because she was to unstable. They did harvest some skin from under the arm and sent it away. They are both a long way from being whole!
Then, Sat. eve we received a call that another niece and her boyfriend were in an accident-in Carey- about a 1/4 mile from their house. They were both life flighted to St. V's also. We headed to Toledo- ariiving about 11 p.m.. There were several family members there already- some had gotten half way home (from visiting Dashelle) only to turn around and go back up. Amber suffered 35-40% burns, mostly the lower part of the body and her hands- the truck had flipped and caught fire. Andy, her boyfriend, was fatally hurt. He passed away at 3:53 a.m.. at first they thought Amber had brain damage because there was some bleeding on the brain but, the neurologist said all looks well. She does know that Andy is gone. They plan to do some grafting on her this morn at 11.
So--- I have 2 nieces in the same burn unit at the same time. Neither of the girls are saved and neither are the parents. Dashelle has not been responsive for several days- not sure if it is all medicine related or not. I know the Dr. had said they would keep her sedated for maybe as long as 3-4 months. She looks like a mummy all wrapped up.
Please remember them all in your prayers. It is going to be a long, hard road to recovery. I pray that they will turn to God through this. He certainly has shown much mercy!!
I trust your life has not been so eventful! Have a great day!

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