Nina Romano's interview - When and what she and her sister Dina Shacknai knew about Maxie's condition.
Tuesday EARLY the 12th -
(Summary - Nina alleges Max would be in ICU for a week. Then recover in a step down unit with rehab.)
NINA: I spoke to the nurses that day.
This was Tuesday - and
they said - well, this is what we think is going to happen. We think
that he'll probably be in the ICU for about a week. And then we think
he'll go to the - I guess they call it a step down unit? - um and he'll
probably be there a couple of weeks and then he'll have to do a lot of
rehab. So he'll probably miss the soccer season - he might not make it
to first grade right away - but this is what they were saying. Because
we were under the impression that he had CPR within two minutes,
because that's what she said. She said that he had his fall and she
gave him CPR within two minutes of his fall.
Tuesday LATER the 12th -
(Summary - Did Dina receive bad news on Tuesday? Yes, Dr. Peterson came in and told Dina and Nina Max may never walk or talk again.)
CROSSTALK: Well they said she had received the bad news that he had
taken a turn for the worst and that he wasn't going to make it on that
Tuesday night. Did the family receive bad news that night that he
wasn't going to make it?
NINA:
Dr. Peterson came into the hospital Tuesday evening, and very
abruptly said to my sister, "I don't know if this kid is every going to
walk or talk again." That's what he told my sister. Now, maybe he had a
conversation with Jonah separately. I dont know. I dont know about
that. Jonah is a really really smart very very smart man. He's very
familiar with medical technology and what all the numbers mean and that
kind of thing, and my sister is very smart as well I mean, but maybe
Jonah knew something that by looking at you know the machines, like he
would call even if he wasn't at the hospital which was like very rare,
he would always call to say 'what are the numbers', you know what's
happening. Maybe he knew something that we didn't.
Still Tuesday LATER the 12th -
(Summary - Nina alleges after hearing Max may never walk or talk again, they did not know Max would not survive. Nina tells the reporter because the doctor did not come in and say Max would not survive.)
CROSSTALK: So, ok, but he did indicate to your sister that he thought
the injuries would be more serious? At least through that blunt
statement that he told you.
NINA: But he said that 'I don't know if he will walk and talk again',
but
he did not come in and say to her 'I don't think he is going to
survive'.
Wednesday AFTERNOON the 13th -
(Summary - Nina alleges Wednesday is when Dina figured out if Max would survive he would be in a vegetable state.)
CROSSTALK: When did your sister uh figure out that he probably wasn't
going to survive?
NINA: Well, we, let's see,
Wednesday we knew of the severity of the
brain damage, we knew how severe it was, so what they told us was that
if he was to come out of the coma, he would be a vegetable. So if he
survived, he would not be the person that he was.
CROSSTALK: At what point on Wednesday did he tell you that?
NINA:
I believe it was in the afternoon, after they got the results
from the MRI. So Thursday, we were, myself my sister, and Jonah, were
all at the hospital and were there throughout the night and we kind a,
we right around midnight or so, just based on what the numbers were,
the numbers were not good, and I don't think that any of us wanted to
say it out loud, but we knew that things were not getting better they
were getting worse. And then Friday morning, he died.
Link -
http://ftpcontent.worldnow.com/kfmb/misc/nina_romano.mp3