Amanda and I have become very close friends very quickly. We live super close to each other and her oldest daughter, Becca, and Lyla are bestest buddies. Amanda was pregnant when we met and gave birth to little Cassie on November 11th.
Amanda and her husband the kids were all down to our house for our New Years Eve Eve party that Sunday. I hadn't talked to her all week and last Friday afternoon I sent her a text to see what their plans were for the weekend. I didn't hear back until after I put Lyla to bed Friday night. And that one little text crushed me and has changed every thought I have had in the last week.
She said that they had Cassie in the ICU and she is in bad shape. She would call me when she could with the details.
I didn't get to talk to her until Saturday afternoon. So from Friday night when I read the text until she called me Saturday I convinced myself that Cassie got some kind of cold or flu and since she is so little she just couldn't fight it off on her own. I was wrong.
So here is what has happen in the last week:
Thursday Night: Cassie woke up fussing during the night. Amanda didn't go in right away to see if she would put herself back to sleep. About 20 - 30 minutes after she quit crying Amanda went in to check on her. She wasn't breathing. Her heart wasn't beating. They called 911 and her husband starting doing CPR.
She got admitted to Children's Hospital. She was in a coma. On a ventilator. Just not sure of what was going to happen. They dropped her body temperature way down to help prevent her brain from swelling.
Tuesday Morning: She woke up! She opened her eyes and started to move her little arms!
Wednesday: The MRI results show moderate to severe brain damage. But for right now the doctors don't really know what that means. Since she is so little, she could push through and live a relatively normal life. Nobody can predict right now how its going to go.
Right now: Cassie is still in ICU, but she is stable. They have been working to wean her from the ventilator by turning it down a little bit at a time. She still has the feeding tube. Amanda has been able to pump and they can give her the breast milk which I think is sort of special. Some of the medicine she is on makes her really sleepy so there hasn't been a whole lot of activity lately. They removed her catheter a couple days ago.
My heart is broken for them. They are living my worst nightmare. So please any extra thoughts, prayers or support that you can send to them, do it. They are fighters and I know they are going to pull through this, but that doesn't make it any easier on any of them.
I will try to keep you all posted of any updates.
