Tess’s Story

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Kate and I received a call from Bianka yesterday morning that Tess had fallen in her bedroom and wasn’t able to get up. When we got to her house, she was laying on the floor, unable to speak or move. We called 911, and after their examination, took her but Ambulance to Presbyterian in Santa Fe. After giving her a CT scan, the physician told us that she had bleeding in her brain on the left side. He recommended that she be flown to Presbyterian in Albuquerque.

When Tess arrived at the ICU she was conscious and could follow brief commands. She was not able to speak or move her right side. Tess was scheduled for another CT and an MRI. The second CT was essentially unchanged from the one in the morning which suggested that the bleed had stopped. The location of the hemorrhage is on the left hemisphere in the white matter below the cortex and extended into the basal ganglia.

Bianka stayed with Tess to comfort her during the day and then returned to Santa Fe to take care of the pups for us.

Newest Update

September 23, 2019

Journal entry by Whitney Sunderland —

Great news!  Tess has made such good progress that she will be coming home on Oct. 4!   She will returning to her house that she shares with Bianka, and their 2 cats and 2 dogs.   We are very happy that her personal assistant, Christine, spent the week in Omaha with Tess and her therapists to learn more about her, and how she can best assist her to be as independent as possible.

We will certainly miss all our friends at QLI, and express our extreme gratitute for all their hard work and support!!

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