This Teen Went Into What Seemed To Be Cardiac Arrest, Then A Bus Driver And Nurse Jumped In To Perform CPR On Her And Saved Her Life
Mission, Texas. In the morning hours of December 30th, 19-year-old Krizia Lee went into what seemed to be cardiac arrest.
Thankfully, a bus driver who happened to by driving by Krizia that day noticed something was wrong and they stopped to help Krizia.
While the bus driver stopped to help her, a nurse also stopped as well. Both of these good samaritans performed CPR on Krizia, and their actions saved her life.
“Krizia is a loving daughter and sister who is loved by many,” Dinorah Muniz wrote on a GoFundMe page.
“She lost her daddy 6 months ago, on June 20, 2021. The entire family is distraught with the occurrence of this very unexpected tragedy.”
“Krizia was transferred into the ICU, in the days that followed, we found out that Krizia had received CPR from a passing motorist who is a bus driver in one of our local school districts.”
“She was joined in the effort by another young lady who was driving by and is a registered nurse in the Intensive Care Unit that Krizia was placed in. Krizia was surrounded by angels.”
When Krizia got to a local hospital, doctors told her loved ones that she had severe swelling of her brain and she was not stable.
GoFundMe; pictured above is Krizia
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Krizia remained in the ICU for several days, and her condition did become stable, so her family moved her to the ICU at DHR.
The morning after Krizia was moved to DHR, one of her nurses mentioned that she was starting to follow some of the commands they gave her and that she was able to do a few things that the previous hospital thought she never would be able to do again.
“I saw her open her beautiful eyes slightly and blink away those gorgeous lashes,” Dinorah said.
“Tests continued to be done throughout the week. We met her Neurologist, Dr. Estofan who gave us the news of the extensive damage that her brain has due to anoxic brain injury.”
It turns out that even though everyone thought that Krizia had suffered from cardiac arrest, that wasn’t correct.
Krizia had myocarditis, also known as inflammation of her heart, though they are unsure what caused that.
Damage was done to Krizia’s brain when she stopped breathing, but the damage done will not get worse and her condition can only improve. Her brain also may be able to repair some of the damage that has been done.
Unfortunately, Krizia’s situation is extremely severe, but she is not considered brain dead since she can respond to pain.
“We could not have asked for a better response,” Dinorah explained. “God wants Krizia to live, otherwise, she wouldn’t be here, she wouldn’t have survived what looks to be 30 minutes without oxygen.”
Krizia’s neurologist did tell her family that although she is currently in a vegetative state if she undergoes intensive therapy, she can absolutely be able to regain a portion of her brain function.
“This is a very rare case for a very healthy 19-year-old and we are at a loss for words,” Dinorah said.
“I am looking to get the attention of neurologists, neuroscience specialists, university researchers, or anyone who can help with Krizia’s brain injury.”
“Krizia is here with us today because she was surrounded by angels.”
If you would like to donate to Krizia’s medical bills, you can do that here.
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