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by The Peanutguy on 12/18/11

Visited Katie today in the PICU and made another short video. She was very drowsy but you could see her eyes move a little which is fairly new since she's been so heavily sedated. They had cut her Vercet in half and will cut it more soon. Her breathing was somewhat erratic like 2 or 3 really short breaths and then a longer one or two. She still needs constant observation and often suctioning.  Her eyes are red but better then yesterday. Her eyes opened wider to look at me a couple times and it is unsettling to see that left eye still.

   All her vitals look good and her oxygen very good. It's very hard to guess how much she is aware of, but that should improve. It is pretty certain she will be there thru the holidays unfortunately, unless there is dramatic improvement. I talked to her for a good while and it seemed that she was glad I was there and sort of content. I tried to sing 'Blue Christmas' and her legs moved some maybe like she was trying to leave. I never was a singer.

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1. Kaelynn Judd said on 12/19/11 - 02:00PM
Dear Katie and Family, On November 5, 2006 my world was turned upside down. My best friend (and practically my twin sister) was in a head on collision with a drunk driver. As I arrived at the hospital just minutes after her wreck, I was told that she was not going to make it. She had severe brain damage and she was unconscious. However, by the grace of God my best friend made it through the night. I was with her in the ICU every day. I watched her come through the various stages of a coma. The doctors were never very reassuring. They kept telling us that even if she woke up she would most likely just be a vegetable. But we serve a great God. After months of therapy my best friend started to surprise all of the doctors. Slowly we taught her how to walk, eat, talk, and recognize those around her. The accident left her legally blind and her mental abilities are severely impaired, but God is not done with her. My best friend Jen now travels across America telling her story about God's great miracle! I tell you this to give you hope! God is not done with your beautiful daughter. As I watch your videos on youtube it brings back extremely painful memories for me, but at the same time I see your strength and I see Katie's willpower. God has a wonderful plan for her life! She is such a fighter! I know that you do not know me, but my husband and I are praying for you daily. We are cheering Katie on and we know that great things are yet to come! Blessings, Kaelynn Judd
2. Katie said on 12/19/11 - 03:22PM
I have the exact same name and I have to say she's the cutest thing I've seen and I hope she feels better soon :)
3. Lynn Doll (Katies mom) said on 12/19/11 - 09:49PM
I just want to thank everyone who posted in Katie' guest book We appreciate all the sweet things you have posted about our little angel, all the encouraging words, your support and most of all your prayers. Unfortunately there are some rude, heartless people in the world who chose to post ugly heartbreaking remarks in Katies guest book so we had no choice but to close the guest book for a while which I personally think is a shame. But at lest Tom (pnut guy) came up with this blog so people can still post but now each post will be sent to his e-mail before it is posted, therefore anyone who is not genuinely concerned for Katie and doesnt have anything better to do but sit around and post heartless, ugly comments on a little girls website can be stopped before they are posted. The only bad thing about it is Tom will still hve to see them and Tom has done nothing wrong here. He started this website for Katie not long after she got hurt and he keeps doing it for Katie because he knows Katie would like and appreciate it. I go to the guest book when I got a chance just to see if anyone had signed it and often they had and normally it was encourging and uplifting to read what people had written. And just to know that so many people care and pray for this child and my family daily- people from all over the world is amazing. I know that God is using Katie for his glory! So many lost souls have been saved because of one little girl! My little girl-My little miracle-my Beautiful Little Katie that God chose to do a special work for him. Thank you all for your prayers and support! And thank you Tom for doing all you do with this beautiful website for your beautiful little friend! One day Katie will thank all of you herself! May God Bless Each and Every one of You! Lynn
4. Lynn Doll said on 12/20/11 - 06:39PM
Well its offical: Katie and I will not be going home for Christmas! She was taken off the ventilator today for right ar an hour and struggled pretty bad the entire time. Her lungs are just too weak. They plan to take her off a couple of times tomorrow so we will see how she does then. Please keep praying for Katie and also the two I will have at home without Katie and moma for Christmas. This is very hard as a mother and I know it will be hard on Lynzie and Brandon. Thankyou and hope you all have a very merry Christmas. Thanks, Lynn (Katies mom)


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Do things happen for a reason, or is it all just random chance? Seems like some people have good luck and some bad. Katie didn't have bad luck. 

  I only knew Katie for less than 2 years before the accident. but two things happened in that time. We sort of bonded and became friends right off of course, and she certainly brightened my life, like she did everyone she met.

  Then something else happened to me that never had before. Something began to motivate me to get out my old cameras and start recording Katie Doll. I don't know where this came from, but it was powerful. I couldn't resist it.  There was some fun in it, but it was more than that. It was almost like a duty. Like a job I had to do.

  Katie was no ordinary kid. We all know that, but that wasn't what I was thinking. I just had this need to document things. I'm not a camera nut or a writer.  But think about this...Everytime I knew I would be seeing Katie Doll, I would think "Where's my camera? Do I have enough video tape? Or is the battery charged?"  I remember on the way to her house before her accident I stopped at a Walgreens looking for that old hi-8 cassette tape and thinking..."Why am I doing this?"

  After her accident, I kept it up. It wasn't easy either. Some gave me a lot of grief. No one understood who I was or why this connection. I wasn't family or even a long time friend. It was a stressfull time and here's this stranger with a camera. No one even said 'Hi", but I knew Katie was glad I came. I understand that, and I heard a lot of hurtful things. When I did the Quadrisizer fundraiser I would hear that someone said..."Katie will never get that thing,just wait til the money gets up there"  Why would anyone in their right mind want to keep on?  From the outside it didn't make sense. But I can't even explain how powerful that responsibility was felt.  That and knowing Katie would want me to, I couldn't just stop.

No one was doing a website for her.  I was at the ER when the doctors suggested to her sister she would be the ideal one to make entries in their already set up and beautiful website... http://www.caringbridge.org/visit/katiedoll 
She made one entry,posted a photo of herself with Katie, and quit. I asked others if they could do it. No one was telling Katie's story. Katie couldn't do it. 

I had no idea what I was getting into when I started this website. I would drive to Tigerville with my camera knowing my job wasn't finished yet. I would drive back very distraught the whole way. But with some pictures for her website, and knowing I gave Katie some small entertainment. 

  Why the website became so popular I have no idea. It wasn't because of me. I'm not a website promoter. Actually, I don't think it's that great a website except it has a lot of Katie's beautiful face on it. But it got really big really fast. This is important to know.

  For 3 years if you just typed the name 'Katie' this site was number one on all search engines. In spite of the fact there are famous people and movie stars with the first name Katie.  If you type Katie Doll it's still number the one organic now in spite of the fact there actually is a doll named Katie. The Katie Doll has been around for years. The first two years this website was getting up to a thousand unique hits a day. New people from around the world that had never been to it before.

  Then the emails began to come. Stories of how Katie was changing lives. How people were going back to their faith. How parents were going to appreciate what they have. Katie caused minimum a million hugs.  That's my educated guess. One million people affected by this little girl in Tigerville South Carolina.  Where from? India,Canada,Brazil,Puerto Rico,All Countries in Europe,Australia,Guam,Japan,Indonisia,Russia and dozens more. How many teachers or preachers have touched that many souls in that many places? Billy Graham maybe but I think Katie's lessons were stronger, more powerful.

I am copying these emails for Lynn and Tony and it's taking time there are so many.  You have to consider that for everyone who sent an email to Katie's site how many were affected by her but didn't send one.

  The reason I'm telling this is...it wasn't me. If I knew how to make a website so popular I never would have met Katie. I would be living in a penthouse suite somewhere on the coast 8 years ago when I started my website boilednut.com selling peanuts. If only that website had one tenth the popularity of Katie's. But there was an invisible hand in it. I believe the same hand that had brought us together and made me get into photography. And what perfect timing it was. 

  In the song FOREVER YOUNG theres a line....'May your wishes all come true'. Katie wished to be a teacher and Katie wished everyone would love her.  Katie wasn't unlucky. Katie's wishes came true 100 fold. There's a life and there's an afterlife. Both are real. It seems the afterlife is so far away and distant. It's as far away as the thickness of a sheet of paper. Katie wasn't unlucky, I would trade places with her in a second. Imagine a God who created the universe using you. What's four short years of grief compared to that?  

I wrote Katie was a gift from God the first thing when I started this site. I was wrong. She was more like a loan. Why? I think we needed to be shown what love is right in the middle of a place where it was sorely needed. Now that we've been taught, Katie is waiting to grade our papers. I hope you get an 'A'  -Tom (peanutguy)  

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