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Patient update Meg Theriault
Patient update Meg Theriault
Meg Theriault, the 21-year-old student
in Waikato Hospital from the crash near Turangi on Saturday
12 May is awake and spoken her first words since the
accident.
She has been transferred from the high dependency unit to a ward and is in a stable condition.
Parents Todd and Deb Theriault say their daughter continues to amaze them.
Earlier today when trauma nurse coordinator Jenny Dorrian asked Meg how she was doing, Meg said: "I want my mummy." Another staff member said "Good morning" to Meg and she replied "Good morning" back and then went to sleep. Later in the day she told her father she loved him.
"This is so heartening," said Deb. "I can't thank the staff at Waikato Hospital enough. Thanks to all those people in the US who are supporting us, to those who have donated money for fundraising efforts and especially to all those people who have been praying for Meg.
"There is still a long journey ahead but today is one of those days we can look back on as being significant."
Waikato District Health Board
Healthy People. Excellent Care
Waikato District Health Board (DHB) employs over 6500 people and plans, funds and provides hospital and health services to more than 391,770 people in a region covering eight per cent of New Zealand.
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