Updates on Rose, Julia

Two young women involved in December 13 accident looking toward returning home

The two young women from the Butterfield area who were involved in the Saturday, December 13 motor vehicle accident near Madelia that took the life of the car’s third occupant, 16-year-old  Ross Blomgren, are hospitalized in Hennepin County Medical Center (HCMC) in Minneapolis, but are making remarkable improvements. Rose Martinez, 17, and 16-year-old Julia Hiebert are both looking toward being discharged from the hospital in the near future and returning home.

There is no medical information available on the fourth teen involved in the accident, the 17-year-old unidentified male driver from Butterfield who was the 2003 Chevrolet PT Cruiser passenger car.

Both Rose and Julia have had gofundme.com accounts set up in their name to help defray medical and rehabilitation expenses. Amy Janzen and her daughter, Brianna Jensen, arranged the Rose Sanmiguel (Martinez) Fund (http://www.gofundme.com/j0keng), while Vanessa and Jeremy Heller, friends of Julia’s stepmom, Karen Hiebert, have organized the Julia Hiebert Fund (http://www.gofundme.com/j0j9i4). All funds raised go directly to the families.

* Click on the URL (e-mail address) to go directly to each fund.

 

ROSE MARTINEZ IS also slowly recovering. She has a broken leg, arm and pelvis, and additionally suffered from internal bleeding, and has undergone a pair of surgeries. She hopes to be home in the new year - perhaps even by Monday, January 5.
ROSE MARTINEZ (SANMIGUEL) continues to recover slowly, but is strong enough now to post on her own Facebook page. (Facebook friends since early 2011.) She reports that she has a broken right leg, right arm and pelvis, and additionally suffered from internal bleeding, and has undergone a pair of surgeries. She hopes to be home in the new year – perhaps even by Monday, January 5, 2015.

 

JULIA HIEBERT SUFFERED a broken vertebrae in her back and had surgery to fuse her C6 and C7 in her neck. She will be in the halo for three-to-four months. She will have to wear it constantly and will need ot wear adaptive clothing. In addition, Julia has a splinted fractured wrist, a bruised lung, severe facial bruising and swelling and a laceration on the back of her head. In fact, she has been making such strides that she could return home today (Monday, December 22) or tomorrow (Tuesday, December 23).
JULIA HIEBERT SUFFERED a broken vertebrae in her back and had surgery to fuse her C6 and C7 in her neck. She has her head, neck and spine immobilized in a “halo,” and will be in the halo for three-to-four months. The halo is used to manage cervical spine injuries and help prevent neurological damage. She will have to wear it constantly and will also need to wear adaptive clothing. She has been up and walking around since shortly after the surgery, and has moving back into a regular diet. In addition, Julia has a splinted fractured wrist, a bruised lung, severe facial bruising and swelling and a laceration on the back of her head. In fact, she has been making such strides that she could return home today (Monday, December 22), according to posts on Karen Hieberts’s Facebook page. (Facebook friends since late 2010.)

 

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