A friend and former colleague from the Fort Worth Star-Telegram, K. Lee Davis, is in need of prayer for his 5-year-old son:
To my friends. As many of you may know, William, my 5-year-old son with autism, fell from a third-floor window Sunday afternoon and suffered severe brain trauma.
He is in Pediaric ICU at Connecticut Children's Medical Center.
The good news? He has fought through his most dangerous phase, and for now should survive.
The unknown? Willie could exist for the rest of his days on a spectrum between a vegetative state to only slightly diminished over his previous beautiful self. He will have lost some eyesight, from left of center to his left peripheral vision due to a stroke in the right rear occiput of his brain. The good news is there is little danger of further stroke or damage to the surrounding area. We would love to have our old Willie back with a little vision problem.
We will not know for some time what Willie's longterm quality of life will be, and there is still the possibilty he will be unable to survive without mechanical means. We will cross that bridge if we come to it. The next hurdle for him is control over his esophagus -- invountary things like swallowing, clearing of fluid, etc. If he can't do that, he will need a respirator to stay alive.
Thank you for all the prayers, kind thoughts and positive energy.
We don't need more than that right now, but that could change. We will let you know.
-- K. Lee
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