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Hi my name is Teri, I'm a good friend of Tiffany and her family. I'm setting this up with hopes of helping them with medical and living expenses as they have a long road ahead of them.
Dan was riding his bicycle and had a seizure. He hit a telephone pole. He was taken by ambulance to a level 1 trauma center, then flown in a helicopter to another hospital with the neurovascular machines they might need. He went in with a collapsed lung, cheekbone and collarbone fractures, broken ribs, and two hematomas. They believe the hematoma on his neck has cut off the flow to his subclavian artery. They've bypassed it for now to see if the hematoma is what's crushing it. If so it'll subside a bit in the next 24 hours and if the artery reinflates on its own he wont need neurovascular surgery to reinflate it. Otherwise bumps and scrapes everywhere. He's on a ventilator until his lung is healed enough to support him breathing on his own, they say he should be ready for that tomorrow. He's been unconscious majority of this time, he woke for only a few minutes and signed a couple words to the nurses and me. Thank God we've been teaching our daughter ASL. He was able to say either t or potty, I'm going with t, water, and I love you. They saw he was getting worked up so they've re-sedated him for now. We've gone home for the night, I have my phone volume on high and I'm waiting for an update while spending some time with Kat and getting rest. Thank you everyone who's been reaching out, and all the prayers, they're working!!! I'll do my best to keep you all updated. I don't want to sugarcoat this in any way, we are looking at a long road here.
Organizer and beneficiary
Teri Gartee
Organizer
Lincoln, NE
Tiffany Tuttle
Beneficiary