Dorothy to ER

Our niece Dorothy went into the E.R. at Twin Cities Hospital in Templeton Friday night 1/18, after a serious car accident. She was a passenger in the back of her friend's mother's Jetta. They had just left, on their way to a friend's house, when they were rear-ended by a very fast moving truck at Highway 41 and El Camino Real. The mother and daughter in the front seat got out OK. Dorothy had bitten her lip badly and was bleeding a lot, and was pinned in back for some time, until they were able to use the jaws of life to free her. She was blue when they took her out, which means she was oxygen deprived for some time, and there's a risk of brain damage. She's in a medically induced coma, to protect the brain from swelling and pressure. They'll be transporting her tonight to Sierra Vista Hospital in San Luis Obispo, where they can provide better neurological care for this particular injury. One good thing is that her brother Tyler lives in San Luis, and may be able to visit with her, between his classes at Cal Poly. Mikele said this morning that D reacted physically when they did a procedure to allow them to measure the pressure on her brain, and her heartbeat goes up when they're in the room and talking to her. These seem like good signs that her brain is active in some way. That's all I know right now. I don't know what any of us can do to help, from so far away, except pray for her recovery.