Monika's birthday is coming

Hi All,
Monika's birthday is coming up, and we are thinking of sending her cheering notes and messages on her special day. We have put a scrap book at my desk, if you want you can stop by and leave messages.

You can come latest by tomorrow May 25, 3 PM. My cube # 2015 in Building VP2 A.

Nidhi

Need your support- a letter from Tomy

Hi all,

As most of you know, Monika Gupta was hit by a car and was on life support when she was first admitted to the hospital.  Kevin Li & Nidhi Lakhwara have been providing us regular updates (via email and http://welovemonika.blogspot.com/) and when we heard she was out of ICU, some of us went to visit her.  Her brother is the only family member who flew to US as soon as he was informed of the accident.  I know there are quite a few people from Apple who visit her daily but I though it would be nice if most of us could spend one hour per week to cheer her up and support her brother at the same time (since she has no other family here).  I also learned that her birthday was coming up and maybe that one hour could be your valuable gift to her in the time that she really needs some support.

If you are interested in visiting her, please let me know so I can work out the visiting calendar with Nidhi. 

Thanks,
TomyD

5/20/2009 - it is a miracle

Tonight, visited Monika, Rajesh, Tomy, Robin, Karen, Nidhi and some other folks from finance team was there, Tomy's loudly sound seems cheer up Monika a lots and she waved her hand, I believe she recognized everyone of us .

She is happy to see all of us and excited , of course, later she was under the pain and sleep...

Ritesh and her brother stay with Monika and taking good care her.

It is a Miracle to see she recovered so well, I finally able to tell them what I had experienced in the fast night when I get phone call from hospital, when I first reach hospital, they told me Monika may not able to make it and need find her relative asap , I was making hopeless phone call one by one at that friday night and nobody response me or give me the contact at the first 2 hour, Nurse and police keep asking me where is her family ...that is such a bad feeling....,

later, everyone start to response and we are able to located her family , everyone start to gather at hospital... but Dr never give positive hint...

Her survive rate is 10%, a team of 15 doctors from stanford and Valley Medical center was fighting with Monika for her life, the rate increased to 50% after 2 days.. till now, she is out of ICU and able to talk with us...it is a miracle ...

there are flowers, toy around Monika, I have asked Ritesh to pass me a smiling Monika's picture, I will post it once I have it.

Next Week, it is Monika's Birthday , she deserve a big Party ...

If any of you plan to visit Monika during lunch or dinner time, it will be nice if you can take her brother or Ritesh out for lunch or coffee, give them a refresh , they need support as well.


KL

Update 5/19- Some Good news

Monika has been moved out of ICU to recovery ward. She has responded well to the treatment.

she has been trying to speak and was able to utter few words softly. Doctors will be trying to remove feeding tube today

Update 5/18

As of today after noon. Monika was stable. doctors have removed her ventilator support.Her neck support has also been removed and she is balancing her head on her own. She did try to talk but due to lot of fluids etc had difficulty speaking. she was able to recognize people and express by gestures.

Please share what you see

Hi Everyone,
Since many of us are trying to know more details about Monika, please update the blog with what you see/hear/know/discuss with Monika whenever you visited her.

Thanks

KL

Update 5/16/10....

Monika was stable over the weekend. Her breathing support systems were removed on saturday and she was conscious and was able to express herself through gestures and facial expressions.

Doctors have asked her to try to talk and interact a bit with people.

We need some volunteers who are familiar with her and can be with her in evening from 5 pm to 8 pm. if your would like to visit her for this time window please let me or Nidhi know

05/14/10 7 PM : Visited Monika This Evening

Went to see Monika this evening. They had kept her sedated due to minor surgery she underwent this afternoon. Her Brother told she will be again out of sedation by tomorrow.

Looking forward to talk to you soon Monika :)

Regards,

Nidhi

Thinking of you

Hi Monika,

You have been in my thoughts and prayers all week. I'm happy to hear you're awake and able to respond to questions. You have an amazingly strong spirit and I wish you a speedy recovery.

Best wishes,
Rachel

update 5/15/10 10 AM- very positive news

There is good update on Monika. She opened her eyes and is able to respond to command. She was able to answer questions by shaking her head in yes or no.

Update:

I meet her today afternoon before Doctors took her for Leg surgery.

She was conscious and was responding to command.though she couldn't talk cos of all the ventilator tubes etc she was able to respond to us using her hand movements and face gestures.