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Dan Hiebert

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I am not a religious person, but asking those who are can't hurt, and my son would appreciate it.  Our oldest granddaughter, Jaiden (6) - the one on the left, underwent emergency brain surgery in Lubbock, TX on Monday due to meningitis, which she'd survived once before when she was 3 months old.  Unfortunately, the news is not so good this time, as she is now in a coma and has a poor prognosis for recovery.  She always enjoyed going for rides in Poppa's and Ju-Ju's "old car".  Any thoughts or prayers you'uns can spare would be appreciated.

 

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Praying for God's healing touch for Jaiden....  and for the peace of God for you and all your family during this time.

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The first hurdle is behind Jaiden, but there is still a long track ahead.  The surgery was to relieve pressure on her brain and repair the old lesions from her first bout with meningitis, which had ruptured.  That went well.  The treatment for the current meningitis infection is working well, too.  Jaiden is now in a medically induced coma, but there is damage to her brain stem.  According to the neurologists, short term recovery is extremely doubtful, but there is hope for long term recovery.  Your thoughts, well wishes, and prayers are greatly appreciated.

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Jaiden contracted both bacterial and viral meningitis the first time, viral first, then bacterial when she was in the hospital.  The viral screwed up her immune system so that a "regular" infection turned into the bacterial meningitis.  Statistically, she wasn't supposed to survive that, but you'd never have known she had been at death's door except for her immune system.  That's what happened Monday, her immune system is still not working, so a strep infection turned into the bacterial meningitis.  She's still in a coma, with a 5% chance that she'll come out of it.  That's based on what the neurologists know about adults in these situations.  Children continue to amaze the medical community with their resiliency, so we plan for the worst and hope for the best.

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 . . . She's still in a coma, with a 5% chance that she'll come out of it. . . .

 

Your chances of hitting the lotto are 0.000001%, yet somebody still wins it.

 

Doctors are statisticians, but they are not seers.

Miracles do happen.

Keep the faith.

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