Friday, March 23, 2012

"Hurricane" Hannah Knott


I'll be using my blog to update everyone of my niece's condition and recovery from her accident. I just want to start by saying thank you to all of you who have expressed your love and concern for Hannah, Jaxton, Billie and Dave and for our families. It's really quite overwhelming to know of all the people in this community who are willing to help us during this time.

Hannah is a tough little girl with a hard head and we're hoping that will serve her well as her head took most of the impact from hit. She has multiple skull fractures, one that is running down behind her ear, right along the carotid artery. Her orbital is broken as well as her jaw, some ribs, her spine and her pelvis, all on the left side. Oh, and two fingers on her right hand. Surprisingly, the only scrapes are some road rash on her forehead and scratches on her left hand. One of her lungs is also bruised.

The breaks are the least of our concerns though. She has swelling on her brain and her left eye which could cause permanent damage. She is sedated to keep her asleep to let her body heal and get the swelling to go down. The doctors won't give us any forecasts until 72-96 hours after the accident. They expect the swelling to peak in the next couple of days and then start going down, but that could take weeks. She can't open her eyes and isn't responding to commands but does respond to pain. She doesn't like it when they mess with her and kicks her right leg and tries to pull out her IV.

She does have a tube down her throat so they can help her breath. Her organs are all fine, her vitals are good. They help her breath just to make sure she's getting enough oxygen. She's had multiple CT scans which have shown the swelling hasn't increased since Wed afternoon. Her MRI from yesterday showed that they won't need to fuse that skull fracture to protect the carotid artery.

Dave and Billie should be getting a morning update soon. I'll write more later.

10 comments:

Amber Chappell said...

Thank you Amy for putting this info on your blog. I don't even know Hannah or her family but ever since I heard the story on the radio I've been thinking about them, and praying for them. I'm sure it's been such an awful couple of days for all of your family! Stay strong everyone and know that there are a lot of people, even strangers, rooting for Hannah! :)

Obtuse1 said...

http://www.sunad.com/index.php?tier=1&article_id=24535

Here's a link from the SunAd on Hannah.

waynejj said...

Thanks for the news, prayers are still coming from the Jespersens and friends in Florida and elsewhere. Love to hear that Hannah is kicking up a fuss.... good stuff Hannah.

Story Family said...

Thanks for posting updates. We've been very concerned and interested in her condition.

celia said...

Thank you for the news, Amy. My prayers will continue for Hannah and all your family. Much love to you all. Celia

Terrie C said...

Hi Amy! Thanks for letting us know about the BLOG! When I heard about Hannah's accident, I called the Manti Temple and her name went in that night to the prayer roll starting at the 7:30 last session for that night. They keep the names for two weeks and I will continue to check back about her progress... and will continue to keep her name in Manti. Hugs, well wishes, and tons of prayers go to all of you! Terrie Cox

Amy J said...

Thank you all so much. I'm in contact with Dave and Billie several times a day and they are so grateful for everything everyone is doing.

Unknown said...

We love Hannah and so miss her!
Prayers are with her and our first grade hearts miss Hannah!

Peace
Mr.Averett and her first grade pals!

Unknown said...

Our prayers are with Hannah, Jaxton, Billie and Davey. Please tell them the Grundy's (Ed, Nelda and Blake)send love and prayers.

Kayla C. said...

Thanks for the updates Amy ... our prayers are with the family, and tell your husband thanks for keeping my dad updated (the Bishop), I know that he and my mom are concerned for her and the family, and I know they send their love as well. ~Kayla