In the time since, McKenna has suffered a flurry of seizures that doctors fought to get under control through dimming the lights in her room and limiting the amount of times she is touched, among other things. She was also placed on a ventilator and in a “deep coma” as she healed.
Thankfully, McKenna has endured.
According to the family’s Facebook page,Healing For McKenna, the infant is now opening her eyes and following her mother’s movement — a significant improvement from just a few weeks ago.
“She definitely has more awake periods and her eyes are wide open,” Laura Heise, a relative of McKenna, wrote on the page. “She tracks Kassy’s face and voice.”
Still, doctors are still concerned about the lack of control McKenna has over some of her eye movement.
“As McKenna looks to her right, her eyes make some darting movements upward and towards the side,” Heise wrote. “However, she does not do this when she looks to her left.”
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Doctors have also placed McKenna in three spontaneous breathing trials to have her adjust to breathing without the aid of a ventilator. The last trial lasted a full two hours, but since McKenna experienced a seizure over the weekend, doctors are waiting to remove her ventilator tube until later this week, according to the Facebook group.
In an update onSunday, the family also said McKenna is moving her legs and having bowel movements.
The family has set up aYouCaring donation pageto help with McKenna’s medical care. As of Tuesday, supporters on the page have already raised much of their $75,000 goal, which the family said will only go toward McKenna’s present and future medical expenses.
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In a statement to PEOPLE, Kassy and Lee said they are thankful for the generosity that has come their way from strangers across the country since McKenna’s hospitalization.
The couple continues to have faith that their little one will make it through.
“Her status is constantly changing,” Kassy and Lee said in the statement to PEOPLE. “Our little McKenna is a fighter, and we are hopeful she will continue to fight to overcome this.”
source: people.com
