Habersham Central High School senior Lindsey Brown is back in the intensive care unit at Northeast Georgia Medical Center in Gainesville, just days after her condition was upgraded.
Family members say Brown has suffered serious setbacks in her recovery over the past 48 hours. She was returned to ICU Monday night due to critically low sodium levels. Her mother, Alice Roland Brewer, says Brown is suffering from seizures and has had several episodes where she stopped breathing. She had to be stabilized by the hospital’s Medical Emergency Team. Brown is undergoing tests to determine the exact cause of her symptoms. Brewer says neurosurgeons and trauma physicians suspect they’re the result of “frontal cortex trauma.”
The 18-year old Brown was critically injured last week in a rollover wreck in Hall County. Her mother – a teacher at Habersham Central – says Brown is suffering from an “evolving injury,” meaning doctors expect to see progress over time. Brewer says her daughter eventually will be moved to the Shepherd Center in Atlanta for neurological and cognitive rehabilitation. No word on when that might happen.
Meanwhile, Habersham Countians continue to show their support for Brown and her family. On Saturday the 8U Raiders North Georgia Youth Football League team wore yellow tape on their wrists and eye black with the words ‘pray’, ‘LKB’ (Lindsey’s initials) and ‘Isaiah 40:29-31’ painted on it.
Lindsey Brown was on her way to work in Cornelia around 10 a.m. on Oct. 20 when the pick-up truck she was driving crashed on State Route 365 near Belton Bridge Road in Lula.
