Diana nodded and tried again. "After the accident we believe your parents' brains sustained injury, causing it to swell. Think of the skull; it's thick and doesn't move. Inside the skull you have a brain, fluid and blood. These three things are usually kept at a certain pressure, or volume, controlled by the body. If the brain swells up, there won't be as much volume of blood or fluid. In the case of injury, though, the brain may continue to swell, and the fluid and blood volume might be increasing to. To heal the brain. When this happens, it's life threatening because there is nowhere for the pressure to be relieved. Pressure is building up in an area it shouldn't." Did that make sense? Shock did this to people, but medical terminology was also very confusing. She understood. Maybe the shock would get in the way of understanding what was happening too, but it was a lot of information to take in and she didn't have all the facts to give. "Your mother is still in surgery. She could be in surgery for another few hours still. They haven't found where the bleeding is coming from, but I'm positive they will." After all, there are only so many organs inside the body. "The surgeons will be out to notify you more once they have stabilised her. She's in a very serious condition, but you can go and visit your father." But are they going to be fine? Diana leaned forward, looking him in the eye, "Dimitri, they're both in very critical conditions. Whilst your father is stable and we believe he will wake up, we don't know how much damage has been caused to his brain, if any. He may be fine, he might have some permanent brain damage. Your mother may not make it through the surgery. She may die, and I want to prepare you for that possibility. I don't want to give you false hopes. She has a multitude of problems that the surgeons are trying to work through and fix so that they can stabilise her." Diana would NEVER give a family member false hopes. She would never be positive when the news was so dire.
"Did you want me to take you to see your father, or do you have more questions? I'm sorry I can't give you much more than this. The hardest part is waiting, but I'm afraid this is what we must do. Wait to hear how the surgery is going, and what they did, and waiting for your father's brain to rest and repair." It was going to be very tough, the next few days. Especially as this was both parents for this family.
"Did you want me to take you to see your father, or do you have more questions? I'm sorry I can't give you much more than this. The hardest part is waiting, but I'm afraid this is what we must do. Wait to hear how the surgery is going, and what they did, and waiting for your father's brain to rest and repair." It was going to be very tough, the next few days. Especially as this was both parents for this family.
