Sunday, November 07, 2010

Apparently brains are important and skull fractures are bad

Hey there Internet. Bad news...this is not Cat. It's Cat's blogging friend, Summer. You might remember me as the girl who broke her foot while attending BlogHer in New York with Cat (boy, what a fucking great thing to be remembered by).

So, why am I writing on Cat's blog? I'm afraid I am the barer of some not so great news. By now I am sure you have noticed that there has not been a new post here in about a month. Normally that is not a cause for concern. Bloggers go silent all the time. It happens. Unfortunately this silent period is not due to Cat's crazy move, school, or marriage. This silent period is because Cat has done gone n' cracked her head open.

I am not even kidding.

Maybe Cat felt the need to out-klutz/out-injure me, maybe my bad luck transferred over to her, either way, Cat suffered a major injury. She fell down a flight of stairs at her new house and was unconscious for around 20 minutes. She was rushed to the hospital and put in the ICU due to immense swelling on her brain and a small skull fracture. After about a week in the ICU they downgraded her to the trauma unit and shortly after that released her to go home. I believe her total time in the hospital was just under two weeks.

Right now Cat is home resting. She is not allowed to have visitors outside of her parents and family members who are helping to take care of her while her hubby works. She is in a lot of pain and on both pain and seizure meds. Right now she has a giant list of no's that she has to follow: no loud noises, no work, no internet, no movies, no driving, no shopping, no cooking, no stair climbing, and worst of all, no alcohol for six to nine more months! She has lost all taste and smell and may or may not get that back. I have not had the opportunity to actually talk to her (only via text messaging) but she told me that she is getting a pixie hair cut because "having hair hurts."

I have to tell you that Cat is absolutely one of my favorite people. I had been reading her blog for close to two years before I actually got to meet her in real life. After spending less than a week with her I knew she was one of the most caring bad-ass chicks to walk this earth. When I broke my foot in New York she totally took care of me and even after I got home she was continuously checking up on me, sending me illegal care packages, and finding ways to make me laugh. There are not many people who will go to that much trouble for someone they just met, but Cat is just that type of fucking amazing.

So there you have it. It kills me that there is literally nothing I can do to help. The only thing I can do is to informing her readers and friends of her situation and ask all of you to send her words of encouragement in the comments.

PS - I am in no way an official spokesperson for Cat, her family, or her condition - but if you have any questions I will do my best to answer them. Just email me: blogfullyyours at yahoo dot com.

20 comments:

  1. Oh my God. This is really shocking to read. I'm so sorry Cat! I will say a prayer for you tonight, I wish there was more I could do.

    Thank you Summer for posting this, and for obviously being such a good friend.

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  2. How horrible! Passing out is scary enough, but to fall down stairs and be there for 20 minutes? Scary scary stuff. My brother had a skull fracture and subdural hematoma from being hit a drunk driver when he was 17. The recovery process was tough...speech therapy, needing help from EVERYONE, removal from the stuff you love (internet, movies, shopping, etc). Luckily 6 years later, he's regained almost all of his functioning...just sometimes he's a little slower than normal coming back with snarky replies to my teasing.

    Hang in there Cat! You're lucky to have Summer as your advocate. I've know her for over half my life and pretty much adore her. Hopefully everything in your recovery process will go as smoothly as possible, and we can see each other again at BlogHer11!

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  3. Oh no! I am so hoping that you feel better very soon, Cat. Please take care of yourself.

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  4. Summer, thank you so much for posting this.

    Cat, I am so sorry you're going through this--I can't even imagine how irritating/scary/annoying this must be for you. If there's anything I can do from Texas, PLEASE let me know. In the meantime, you're in my thoughts.

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  5. Oh shit! Oh no! Poor Cat. Thank you for letting us know, Summer. Feel better soon, Cat.

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  6. First your wrist, now your head - are you trying to commit suicide in stages? Seriously, hope you feel better soon, and try and remember to keep away from hard surfaces in future....

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  7. Oh. My. God! Okay, so are you allowed to read? Can we send reading material? SO sorry you are goinbg through this, but glad to hear that you are on the (very slow) mend. I'll be thinking of you!

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  8. Holy fuckoli, Batman! Thanks for the update, Summer. Please let Cat know we're all thinking of her. Also, that I will dedicate everything I drink over the next 6 to 9 months to her.

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  9. Talk about bad Luck, can't wait for Cat to recover! Have been following both of you and your antics for sometime now, by the way I grew up in Minn. and Cat's stories are the only things that make me miss it. LOVE YOU GIRLS !!!

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  10. omg, Cat, you knucklehead. That's a terrible way to christen a new house. Please get better quickly. I'll drink extra for you, if that helps.

    Thanks for the update, Summer.

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  11. Referred here by UnMom, I'm really sorry. I'll pray for you for what it's worth.

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  12. Summer, you are great for posting this to the blog. I go to college with Cat and work with her on the student newspaper; all we could print was a mysterious "Cat is recovering from an injury" paragraph. You mentioned texting her....can she receive those, at least?

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  13. Oh no. That's scary shit. And also bullshit. Scary bullshit. I'm really sorry, Cat. Check back in again soon, Summer, will you?

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  14. Oh Cat! SO sorry to hear (Thank you, Summer!), TBIs aren't something to fuck around with. I hope you heal well, lady. My thoughts are with you.

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  15. I'm half in the bag right now. And have a friend recovering from a head injury too.

    You chicks get your heads healed up good ya hear? You can't count on me to save any wine for ya.

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  16. Cat, you get your head on straight and we'll keep the fire alive! I can't imagine what we're gonna do it you get back and tell us you saw Jesus.

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  17. I just stumbled across this blog and already am in love with Summer and you. Please do get well soon so you can make me giggle some more...(jk...I really want you to get better just 'cause I'm nice like that) Anyhoo..I'm subscribing and you can't stop me! You are in my prayers

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  18. Oh my hell. I'm so sorry, Cat. Please get well soon.

    (And thanks, Summer, for telling us bloggy peeps!)

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  19. So sorry to hear about your injury! Hope you heal quickly & that your pixie cut is awesome!!

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  20. Oh I am stunned. I have been neglecting the blogs I read and when I get to working on the thousands of unread blog entries on my blogline list Zipbag is well, at the end. I hope Cat has a quick recovery. She is a joy to read.

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You.Yeah, you. Speak the fuck up.