{"id":61588,"date":"2021-04-22T07:02:07","date_gmt":"2021-04-22T11:02:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/?p=61588"},"modified":"2021-04-22T07:02:07","modified_gmt":"2021-04-22T11:02:07","slug":"18-year-old-undergoes-3-brain-surgeries-from-blood-clots-after-jj-vaccine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/?p=61588","title":{"rendered":"18-Year-Old Undergoes 3 Brain Surgeries From Blood Clots After J&J Vaccine"},"content":{"rendered":"

A Nevada teen was put in a coma, placed on a respirator and underwent three brain surgeries after developing blood clots about one week after getting the Johnson & Johnson vaccine.<\/em><\/h3>\n

By Megan Redshaw
\nThe Defender<\/p>\n

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A Nevada teen who received Johnson & Johnson\u2019s (J&J) COVID vaccine on April 1 underwent three brain surgeries to repair blood clots she developed about a week after receiving the vaccine,\u00a0Las Vegas Review-Journal<\/a>\u00a0reported.<\/p>\n

According to family spokesperson Bret Johnson, after Emma Burkey, 18,\u00a0suffered seizures<\/a>, doctors placed her in an induced coma and on a respirator. The\u00a0high school senior<\/a>\u00a0has improved and is now awake and off the respirator, but still requires a tracheostomy tube, which has impaired her ability to speak.<\/p>\n

\u201cShe is improving slowly,\u201d Johnson told\u00a0Las Vegas Review-Journal<\/a>. \u201cThe word we got from her parents last night was \u2018slowly, slowly slowly.<\/a>\u2019 For a while there, her situation and condition was completely unknown. Very scary and very iffy, honestly.\u201d<\/p>\n

Although Burkey experienced a \u201cmassive brain injury,\u201d her parents are \u201ccautiously optimistic,\u201d\u00a0Johnson said<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Burkey was first treated at St. Rose Dominican Hospital in Henderson before being airlifted to\u00a0Loma Linda University Medical Center<\/a>\u00a0in Southern California for specialized care.<\/p>\n

According to Fox 5 Las Vegas<\/a>, Burkey was one of the six women whose case is under review by U.S. health agencies, which last week\u00a0paused the vaccine<\/a>\u00a0citing concerns about blood clots.<\/p>\n