UPDATE: Doctors Say Bobbi Kristina Will Have A Long Life, But… She has Irreversible Brain Damage (2004 hits)
Two days after Bobby Brown said his daughter’s condition had improved, Bobbi Kristina Brown’s grandmother Cissy Houston revealed on Monday that her granddaughter Bobbi Kristina Brown has “irreversible brain damage.”
The mother of the late Whitney Houston spoke out in a statement to PEOPLE after Bobbi Kristina’s father, Bobby Brown, 46, told a crowd at a concert in Dallas on Saturday that Bobbi was “awake” and “watching” him perform.
“I have just returned from visiting my granddaughter Bobbi Kristina in the hospital, and while she is no longer in a medically induced coma, she has a tracheotomy, and according to the doctors she has global and irreversible brain damage and remains unresponsive,” Houston said in a statement to PEOPLE on Monday.
A tracheotomy is a surgical procedure which consists of making an incision on the anterior aspect of the neck and opening a direct airway through an incision in the trachea (windpipe). The resulting stoma (hole), or tracheostomy, can serve independently as an airway or as a site for a tracheostomy tube to be inserted; this tube allows a person to breathe without the use of his or her nose or mouth.
She does not respond to visitors or familiar voices, and her eyes do not follow a person around the room, the source told CNN. She also has a tracheostomy in her throat, the source said.
“Doctors have indicated that she will have a long life,” attorney Christopher Brown said. “However, Bobbi Kristina is presently embarking on a rehabilitation process, and the quality of her life will not be known for years to come.”
“Meeting with the doctors and understanding that she can live in this condition for a lifetime truly saddens me.
“We can only trust in God for a miracle at this time. Keep us in your prayers.”
