The Story Behind My Halo Brace

WOMAN'S CLOSE CALL IN ACCIDENT LEAVES HER IN HALO BRACE
WITH VID AND PIX 
BY KIARA WELLS & SHANNON PICKETT
After a terrifying car accident she doesn’t even remember, 25-year-old Jordyn Shea from Phoenix, Arizona, USA, is navigating a painful and complicated recovery.
She revealed that it involves multiple fractures, heavy bruising, and a full spinal halo brace screwed into her skull.
She said: “I honestly don’t get a lot of sleep right now.
“I sleep in increments of two to three hours.”
Jordyn told how the crash left her with no memory of the days before, during, or immediately after it happened. 
There were no witnesses, and she didn’t hit anyone else. What she does know, and what she wants to warn others about, is wearing her seatbelt. 
She believes it's the biggest reason she ended up with such severe injuries, and the reason she’s now sharing her story.
Her airbags deployed and 'saved her life'. Even with that lifesaving moment, the impact left her with multiple facial fractures, cut lips, a bruised cheekbone and frontal lobe, and a large laceration requiring 25 stitches. 
Her neck suffered the worst of it with fractures to her C3, C6, and C7 vertebrae, along with extensive bruising down her left side, including her arm, wrist, palm, shoulder, and knees.
To keep her neck completely immobilised while it heals, Jordyn now wears a spinal halo brace with six screws anchored into the first layer of her skull. 
The device wraps around her head, stops behind her ears, and holds her in place at all times. 
She’ll be wearing it for three months while doctors monitor whether her neck can heal naturally, though there’s a chance she may need a spinal fusion if it doesn’t.
Sleeping has become its own battle. Jordyn spends her nights upright on her couch, carefully arranging pillows under her arms, knees, and side just to find something that resembles comfort. 
Even then, she wakes often. She describes mornings as feeling like she has 'bricks' weighing her down.
Still, she’s only on day four of the halo brace and is determined to get through the long journey ahead.
She said: “I honestly feel like I have bricks on me when I wake up.
“I sleep completely sitting up straight.
“This is all I’ve found to be somewhat comfortable.
“They say you should be able to sleep however you want, but that does not work for me yet.

“Airbags saved my life.
“I’m a walking example of why you should wear your seatbelt.
“I’ll have this on for three months… wish me luck.”
ENDS