The mother 19-year-old Ashley McCreary said her daughter is in stable condition now at the UK Medical Center in Lexington following a single-vehicle crash on Hwy. 6 in Woodbine last week in which the pregnant teen was seriously injured.
"They have moved her out of ICU and into an in between type place for observation," said Tonya McCreary.
Around 5:30 p.m. last Thursday, Knox County Sheriff’s Deputy Roy Gambrel responded to the scene where he said Ashley McCreary, a 2009 Lynn Camp High School graduate and basketball standout who was eight-and-a-half months pregnant, was traveling west on Hwy. 6, about three miles past the Knox County line, when she apparently lost control of the 1997 Chevy Cavalier and struck a tree.
As of Tuesday, McCreary was "progressively getting better," and is breathing on her own after doctors removed her from a ventilator.
Friends say she is stable, but is not out of the woods yet, considering her injuries include several broken ribs, a punctured lung, a broken collarbone as well as several broken bones in her neck and back and an injury to her leg/ankle area. She was also treated for head trauma.
Tonya McCreary said her is only be able to open her eyes for brief periods of time, but that amount of time is increasing as time goes by. She did manage to give doctors two thumbs up Tuesday morning.
After losing control due to wet roads, McCreary’s car struck a tree on the driver’s side of the vehicle before the car came to rest about 10 feet from a residence on Hwy. 6.
The Woodbine Volunteer Fire Department responded to the scene and had to extricate McCreary from her vehicle before she could be treated by Knox County EMS.
Ashley McCreary’s baby was reportedly taken via Caesarean section soon after she arrived at the UK Medical Center viaLifenet. Tonya McCreary said the baby was doing well and she has proof.
"I was up all night with her, but I don’t mind," she said.
McCreary also said she wanted to thank all those who have shown support by visiting or praying for her family.
"We have had a lot of people contact us and offer support," she said. "Her old coaches, some teachers and just a lot of friends have come by.
