Influencer Jackie Miller James is on the road to recovery after she was put into a medically included coma following a brain aneurysm rupture in May 2023.
In an Instagram video shared on March 26, James addressed her followers and thanked them for their “love and support” amid her health struggles.
“We have been in hospitals from California to Colorado, Nebraska and Kansas,” she said in the video. “It’s been a tough year, but we’re ready to go home after 10 months recovery.”
She gave her followers insight into what was to come with the rest of her recovery journey, explaining, “There is more work to be done, but because of friends and family and this community, we’re ready to start living again.”
“I’ll be sharing my journey in recovery, but to the bottom of my heart, thank you,” she concluded in the video.
In the caption, James took a moment to relay the back story behind her health struggles, writing that she was “given a 50/50 chance of making it through the night” last May.
“One week from the due date of our first child, my husband, Austin, found me collapsed in our living room,” she explained. “I had suffered an aneurysm rupture in my brain. After a month in the ICU here in Orange County, we traveled from hospital to hospital pursuing continued therapies that would help me learn to live again.”
Here’s a timeline of James’ health and updates provided by her family:
May 2023
In May 2023, James underwent brain surgery and an emergency C-section after she experienced a brain aneurysm rupture one week before her due date. She had “severe brain bleeding” and was put into a medically induced coma, according to a GoFundMe page set up by her sisters, which has raised more than $338,000 as of March 31. (TODAY.com previously verified the validity of the GoFundMe page with a spokesperson for the fundraising platform.)
At the time, she was expected to remain in the intensive care unit for several weeks and would be hospitalized for…
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