RICHLAND -- It's been a mix of good and bad days for a Kennewick woman who was paralyzed in a fall at the Benton County jail two weeks ago.
Lorri Kaneaster's mother, Dianne Bogart, said her daughter is fighting a host of medical problems since she broke her back when she fell from a second-floor railing at the jail.
"She's still not really stable," Bogart said Wednesday. "She's still running a fever and her vitals are still going up and down."
Kaneaster, 35, of Kennewick, has been in the critical care unit at Kadlec Regional Medical Center since Jan. 14 and is paralyzed from the waist down, her mother said.
She had a tracheotomy Wednesday morning to help her breathe. She has been dealing with fluid in her lungs, a collapsed lung, broken ribs and excessive swelling in her abdomen, Bogart said.
Once Kaneaster is stabilized, she'll be transferred to a rehabilitation facility, Bogart said, likely in Spokane or Couer d'Alene, Idaho.
An account has been established at Gesa Credit Union to help the family with travel costs once Kaneaster gets moved. Donations can be made in Lorri Kaneaster or Dianne Bogart's name at any branch.
Bogart said Kaneaster is still not well enough to talk more about how she fell. Before she had the tracheotomy, Kaneaster had tubes down her throat that prevented her from talking. She could only answer yes or no to questions using a paper on a clipboard, Bogart said.
The fall is under investigation by Benton County sheriff's officials. Bogart said she was told her daughter had been sitting on a second-floor railing and slipped and fell after corrections officers told her to get down.
Kaneaster had been in jail on a 72-hour hold after being arrested Jan. 11 by Kennewick police on suspicion of possessing meth, driving with a suspended license and failing to stop and identify at a crash.
Similar stories:
Bataan Death March survivor dies at age 90 in Kennewick
Bataan Death March survivor dies at age 90 in Kennewick
America lost another hero when James H. Bogart of Kennewick died last week. The Bataan Death March survivor is remembered as a man who was loyal to his family, friends, wartime companions and country. He died Aug. 25.
"He never wanted to be called a hero," said granddaughter Jackie Mahren of Seattle. "He just wanted to be known as a survivor."
She remembers her grandfather as someone who loved to tell a joke, loved to dance and loved to fish.
ASSAULT: Kennewick man arrested for fracturing woman's face
ASSAULT: Kennewick man arrested for fracturing woman's face
A Kennewick man was arrested on suspicion of felony assault on Saturday after the woman he lives with turned up at Kennewick General Hospital with multiple facial fractures.
Alyssa Minteer, 30, of Kennewick, told police she was woken in her apartment in the 500 block of Edison Street on Friday evening by Harold Eugene Bronson Jr., 55, hitting her in the face.
Minteer and Bronson live together and have a child in common, and had an argument before the assault, Kennewick police said.
Manslaughter charges filed against nanny in death of Richland boy
Manslaughter charges filed against nanny in death of Richland boy
Within an hour of a Richland boy's fatal injury, the 1-year-old had been climbing on his mother during her lunch break and playing with a plastic hammer, court documents show.
Ryder Morrison's mother, Tawney Johnson, had gone home for lunch and was back at work by noon June 22.
At 12:14 p.m., her nanny called 911 to say the boy had fallen, documents said.
Kennewick man hopes to kick drug habit while in prison
Kennewick man hopes to kick drug habit while in prison
A 47-year-old Kennewick man told a judge he was ready to kick his drug habit while in prison.
Robert Wade Vantine was granted a shorter prison term and treatment after previously pleading guilty in Benton County Superior Court to delivery of methamphetamine and marijuana.
"I wish I wouldn't have been a drug addict," Vantine told Judge Craig Matheson. "I was doing drugs. I sure wish I had straightened up a little bit sooner."
Man loses part of ear in Kennewick bar fight
Man loses part of ear in Kennewick bar fight
A Saturday night out at a downtown Kennewick bar ended with one man in jail, another in the hospital with part of his ear bitten off and seven people cited for disorderly conduct.
The fight started around 1:30 a.m. Sunday outside the Sports Page Bar and Grill.
What exactly led to the brawl is not known. The Herald talked to four of the seven people cited for disorderly conduct, including 21-year-old Logan Jacob Booth, who had part of his ear bitten off in the melee.
Print
Email Story
