Shannon was involved in a car accident Sunday morning in Iowa on her way home from college. She sustained severe injuries and was taken by life flight from the nearby hospital to a hospital in Des Moines. Lancer and Kim flew out to her Sunday, and after a day, were able to transport her back to Philadelphia via Air Ambulance. She is currently in the isolated critical ICU at Jefferson Hospital.
Shannon has several serious injuries that are being addressed. Her spine was fractured, which has now been stabilized via surgery and some surgery was performed on her spinal cord. She is currently on a ventilator as she cannot breathe on her own, and medications maintain her blood pressure. Shannon also has some injury to her heart, as well as some bleeding in her skull. She is currently stable, but critical. We will not know for some time how these injuries will affect Shannon.
The situation is complicated by the current Coronavirus lockdown measures at hospitals. Shannon is being treated as COVID-19 positive while they wait to receive her test results. We are hoping they will take her out of isolation with a negative test result. Meanwhile, we are unable enter the hospital and be with Shannon. It is unclear if this will change with a negative test outcome. We do know that patients who are not in ICU cannot have any visitors or family with them, and most ICU patients are also prohibited from having them.
We and our family are being well cared for by friends and family. Many of you have reached out to us to offer your love, concern, prayers, and to see how you can help. This is what we need:
Thank you all for the kind messages, texts and calls. At this time we are unable to respond to all of them. We’ll continue to update this site as Shannon’s condition evolves. We are anticipating a long recovery and rehabilitation period with many daily complications and hopefully improvements.
Shannon has several serious injuries that are being addressed. Her spine was fractured, which has now been stabilized via surgery and some surgery was performed on her spinal cord. She is currently on a ventilator as she cannot breathe on her own, and medications maintain her blood pressure. Shannon also has some injury to her heart, as well as some bleeding in her skull. She is currently stable, but critical. We will not know for some time how these injuries will affect Shannon.
The situation is complicated by the current Coronavirus lockdown measures at hospitals. Shannon is being treated as COVID-19 positive while they wait to receive her test results. We are hoping they will take her out of isolation with a negative test result. Meanwhile, we are unable enter the hospital and be with Shannon. It is unclear if this will change with a negative test outcome. We do know that patients who are not in ICU cannot have any visitors or family with them, and most ICU patients are also prohibited from having them.
We and our family are being well cared for by friends and family. Many of you have reached out to us to offer your love, concern, prayers, and to see how you can help. This is what we need:
- Prayers for Shannon to regain proper brain and neurological function so her organs work correctly.
- Prayers for her strength to deal with this on her own while we are not able to be with her.
- Prayers for those who make the decisions about who can have visitors - that they will let us come be with her.
Thank you all for the kind messages, texts and calls. At this time we are unable to respond to all of them. We’ll continue to update this site as Shannon’s condition evolves. We are anticipating a long recovery and rehabilitation period with many daily complications and hopefully improvements.
Shannon came over for dinner a few times and we loved her company and her enthusiasm. I was looking forward to seeing her on her next trip through Colorado. She is in our prayers.
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