“Sudden And Unexpected”@toobaffled
𝗝&𝗝 𝗗𝗘𝗦𝗧𝗥𝗢𝗬𝗘𝗗 𝗛𝗘𝗥 𝗟𝗜𝗙𝗘
Brain Aneurism/Quadriplegic
Emma Burkey
19 years old
Emma received the J & J shot on March 20th, 2021. During the first week and a half she experienced intermittent nausea, rapid heart rate, and headache, all of which they told her to expect when she received the vaccine.
In the early morning hours of April 2nd, she said her brain felt like it was vibrating. She vomited in bed, and had her first seizure. She was rushed by ambulance to the hospital, where they said she had a small brain bleed.
The bleeds continued and she developed Venous Sinus Thrombosis. Cerebral venous sinus thrombosis (CVST) occurs when a blood clot forms in the brain’s venous sinuses. This prevents blood from draining out of the brain. As a result, blood cells break and leak blood into the brain tissues, forming a hemorrhage
On April 2nd, she was seizing constantly, her temperature shot up to 103, and her heart rate was in the 180's. Her heart looked like it was beating out of her chest.
They put her in a medically induced coma and intubated her. On April 3rd, she had her first of 3 brain surgeries to try and open the Venous Sinus.
They took her off the sedation meds and waited for her to wake up. She did not. On April 5th, her platelets were trending down, and they performed a 2nd brain surgery. The doctors met with us and said she was in grave danger, and they did not have any answers or further treatment to offer. They said it was caused by the J&J Vaccine,
On April 12th she had surgery to put in a tracheotomy and feeding tube. On April 13th we were told her brain injury affected her ability to regulate her heart rate and ability to swallow, Her throat filled up with saliva and she choked.
On April 15th, she responded to me her mother . She stuck out her tongue. She could not move any part of her body other than her tongue, but until that point, from all of the seizures, we feared she would be a vegetable if she even woke up.
April 17th she was moved out of CICU to ICU. On April 30th, Emma was transferred to the Acute Rehab Unit at Loma Linda, She was now a quadriplegic.
Over the years Emma has shown such resilience and with support and therapy she has regained some ability to walk
- Ria No More Silence - ✍️