But after undergoing some recent cognitive exams, Edwards said her doctors found that the part of the brain that allows her to multitask - particularly in high-stress situations like a live TV broadcast - has not recovered. (Ana Ramirez/The San Diego Union-Tribune)ĭoctors told Edwards that she could expect to see some recovery over a two- to three-year period, and there have been improvements. “The doctors described my brain injury as like living the rest of your life with a concussion,” she said. She has suffered enduring flu-like and fatigue symptoms and she has had serious trouble sleeping. Her eyes became very sensitive to light and her ears to loud sounds. Edwards said she has struggled for a long time with word-finding in conversations. Yet while she did pull through, the hemorrhage left lasting damage. She later learned that most people who suffered an injury as severe as hers don’t survive. She was later rushed to Scripps Memorial La Jolla’s intensive care unit where she would spend 10 days coming back from the abyss.Įdwards had suffered a subarachnoid hemorrhage, or a burst vein in her brain. She remembers stumbling, telling her husband, Curtis Walz, something was terribly wrong and then she vomited from the severe pain.Īfter an ambulance ride to Scripps Memorial Hospital Encinitas - which was overflowing at the time with COVID-19 patients - she underwent a brain scan that showed a significant amount of blood in her brain. An excruciating pain radiated down her head and neck and pulsed through her body in waves. Then she bent over to put something away in her closet and she felt something pop in the back of her brain. “My overwhelming feeling right now is I’m just grateful to be here.”Įdwards said she had returned home after the nightly newscast that December night and had just posted a holiday message to friends and fans on her Instagram page ( /barbaraleenews8). ” I don’t want to put a date on it or push too much,” she said.
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