Injuries:
Since Saturday, these are the injuries that have been discovered:
severe concussion
scrapes and contusions of R forehead/face/neck area (the scrape
on her forehead enters the hairline about 3 inches)
R eye on Saturday was the size of a golf ball, and as purple as a plum, an unable to be opened; now it is black and can partially open
R scapula has been shattered
R wrist is broken; as of 01/07, it has been splinted
transverse processes, 6-9, are broken (the part that attaches to the ribs)
ribs 2-11 are broken
there is a quarter-size hole in her lung
there is a very large, bad contusion on her lung (at first Drs. thought there was fluid in the pleural sac, and that they'd have to insert a chest tube) After yet another CT, they discovered the lung contusion, and cancelled the chest tube
there is a hairline fracture of the pelvis
on here R thigh there was a laceration that took 9 stitches
in various and sundry places all over her body are abrasions, cuts, and bruises

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