Sunday, August 06, 2006

Shooting victim's recovery called 'a miracle'

As reported here, Christina Rexroad, one of the six shooting victims at the Jewish Federation of Greater Seattle has made an amazing recovery, which is being called a miracle. She was shot in the abdomen, and the bullet then tore through a major artery in her leg, causing massive loss of blood. Just as she was arriving at HarborView Medical Center, she went into cardiac arrest due to how much blood she had lost, and the able doctors and nurses there immediately began CPR before rushing her into surgery, saving her life.

Kudos to the fine caregivers at HarborView! Thank you for your hard work!

An update on the condition of the surviving shooting victims:

"The others who were shot and wounded included Layla Bush, shot in the abdomen; Dayna Klein, shot in the arm; Carol Goldman, shot in the knee; and Cheryl Stumbo, shot in the abdomen. Klein has been released from the hospital. Goldman and Stumbo are in satisfactory condition. Bush remains in serious condition in the hospital's Intensive Care Unit, still on a ventilator and unable to breathe on her own."

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