Healthy woman, 18, who got Johnson & Johnson vaccine put in a coma and had THREE brain ops for blood clots a week later
A healthy 18-year-old woman was placed in a coma and had to undergo three brain surgeries due to blood clots after receiving the Johnson & Johnson vaccine.
Emma Burkey received the one-dose vaccine on April 1 and fell ill a week later.
A spokesperson for her family, Bret Johnson, said she had to be airlifted to a hospital in California as she required specialized care.
At Loma Linda Hospital, Burkey was placed in an induced coma, intubated, and faced three surgeries to repair the blood clots.
“She is improving slowly,” Johnson said.
They remain “cautiously optimistic” even though she has suffered “massive brain injury.”
Burkey has since been taken out of an induced coma and off a respirator.
Yet she is still unable to communicate apart from blinking and mouthing some words as her speech is being impeded by a tracheostomy tube.
“Pray that her heart rate will go down. That brain swelling will continue to decrease. That the blood clots will continue to be absorbed. That her badly damaged little brain will be healed.
The two agencies suggested last week that the US stop using the coronavirus vaccine due to the handful of rare, but serious, blood clots.
"Having said that, you still wanna be alert to some symptoms, such as severe headache, some difficulty in movement, or some chest discomfort and difficulty breathing."
Back in March, from one plant after 15million doses were ruined in a disastrous factory mix-up.
Workers at a plant that manufactures both the Johnson & Johnson and AstraZeneca vaccines accidentally combined ingredients of the two shots according to reports.
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