Support for our shining star Olivia
Please help Olivia a vibrant, caring and fun-loving young lady with a huge heart get back on her road to recovery.
Rolleston, Canterbury
It is with great sadness we ask for support to help Olivia and her family to ease the burden of their long road ahead.
Olivia was in a tragic car accident in Twizel on the early hours of Sunday morning resulting in her being unresponsive and on a ventilator in the Christchurch hospital fighting for her life. Olivia has sustained trauma to her brain which at this stage we are unclear as to what extent the damage is until the swelling is reduced, she has some small bleeds on the brain and has a fractured neck, with some internal bleeding in the abdomen.
The family has been in turmoil prior to this with Olivia's dad Dave battling cancer and just finishing off chemo and radiation treatment, while the family is trying to recover from this they are hit with another unimaginable tragedy, every parent's worst nightmare.
The doctors have confirmed that they will leave Olivia in an induced coma for another 3 days before they do the MRI to see the extent of the damage to her neck with family not able to talk to her or touch her as to not over stimulate her brain. There is the possibility that she may not wake up at all, however we all know how much of a fighter Olivia is, she is a strong-willed young lady with too much to live for, so we are holding out all hope that this zest for life will be what brings her back to us and fight to survive.
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The funds will be used to support Olivia and her family, to enable them to be by her bedside day in and day out, storage costs of Olivia's furniture, any expenses for assistance and making alterations to the bathroom facilities at home, if needed.
Funds will be paid to her mother Suzanne Oughton
Latest update
Liv’s update 22 February 2024
Hi all, Liv has been making some great milestones since Amy’s last post.
Liv is now trying a lot of puréed foods and getting to the stage where she is eating enough to be able to put on weight from it so the nutritionist will be able to work out how much to reduce via the feeding tube, I’m sure it won’t be long until she can eat solely by mouth, she’s loving being able to have potato and gravy and ice cream again and a beer 🍻
Liv’s upper body strength is getting stronger she can now help the nurses turn her by pushing up on the sides of the bed, her hand control using the tablet and typing is getting faster and she even sent us a text message to say she loves everyone, it was so amazing to read. Liv’s long term memory is great but also means she has a lot of PTSD from the accident, her short term memory comes and goes especially when she’s tired, but she loves to see friends and familiar faces so feel free to call in, she would love to see you. Liv made a special visit out for lunch last weekend for Suzie’s surprise birthday lunch she did amazing and is looking forward to more lunches out and about. It did take her a good three days to recover as she gets so tired but she’s working really hard with the support of her physio, speech therapist, nutritionist, and the amazing nurses at St John of God.
At the moment all Liv’s needs are being met and all the wonderful donations you have contributed are set aside for Liv when she needs things to help her down the track 💗
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