[Artemisia] Sad News

[John Lawler]

In addition to the aforementioned information I have a missive from Katy's 
siter.

Hello,

My name is Beth, I am Katy's sister. First, I would like to thank everyone 
for their heartfelt wishes and support during this time. After speaking to 
some of yo on the phone....Hawk, Marvin, Dana, Sam.....I realize my sister 
has some wonderful friends! Thank you all!

>From what I was told by the police, this is what happened. Katy was at a gas 
station near Kellogg, Idaho on Sunday evening. Apparently, a woman was 
having chest pain and was double over. Katy was walking across the parking 
lot to help her, when some teenager driving very fast through the parking 
lot, hit Katy. The kid took off, but was later found by police. My sister 
was flown to Spokane to the hospital. She has been unconscious since.

Her situation is very serious. She has severe swelling around her brain, and 
there is blood forming around the brain. There is no longer room for anymore 
swelling, so tomorrow the Dr. will drill a small hole in her head to try and 
relieve some pressure. If this does not work, they will cut a small piece of 
her skull out to allow for swelling.

She is in ICU and is critical. The Dr. has said she needs to wake up soon; 
the longer she stays unconscious, the worse the situation is. Her brain 
activity is being monitored, but it is slowly decreasing. I have been 
talking to her and reading to her, and the monitor does spike at times, so I 
know she is hearing me at some level. The nurse said she moved her fingers a 
little today, although I have not seen any movement myself.

If anyone would like to send a message to her, feel free to email me at my 
email address
malamphy @ hotmail (remove spaces), and I will read your messages to her. At 
this point, she can have no visitors except immediate family, and we have 
asked the hospital not to release information to anyone who calls (due to 
privacy issues with Katy's ex). But please feel free to call or email me, 
and I would be happy to talk with anyone. Thinking positively, when she is 
awake and her status is upgraded, I am sure visitors will be allowed, but 
not at this point for obvious reasons.

Thank you all, it means alot to me to know my baby sister has such caring, 
kind friends.

Beth


An Irishman is never drunk as long as he can still hold on to one blade of 
grass and not fall off the face of the earth!


>From: Julia Jackman-Brink <julia.jackman-brink at umontana.edu>
>Reply-To: julia.jackman-brink at umontana.edu,Kingdom of Artemisia mailing 
>list <artemisia at lists.gallowglass.org>
>To: Kingdom of Artemisia mailing list 
><artemisia at lists.gallowglass.org>,sentinelskeep at yahoogroups.com
>Subject: [Artemisia] Sad News
>Date: Wed, 31 Aug 2005 09:09:37 -0600
>
>I was asked by HE Lewellyn to pass this along if it was not posted last 
>evening...
>
>As many of you have known or heard, Baroness Katya of Wealdsmere (Katie) 
>was in the process of moving to Missoula to take on a job here at the Heart 
>Institute. She has made many aquaintences and friends here during her 
>transition. Many may have even met her at Whipping Winds this past weekend.
>
>On her return trip to Spokane from the event, she stopped in Couer d'Alene 
>to refuel and while she was there, an emergency occured across the block 
>from where she was parked. Being a nurse she responded. Sadly, in a cruel 
>twist of fate she was struck by an oncoming vehicle while crossing the 
>street to the emergency. She was airlifted to Spokane in critical 
>condition. Initial prognosis is not good, and while her family is with her, 
>good thoughts and prayers would be very welcome.
>
>We'll try to keep you all posted as news arrives. At this point we are not 
>even sure what hospital she is in.
>
>HE Juliana
>Sentinels' Keep
>
>
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