Perspective: She almost became another maternal mortality statistic. What happened instead has left her with many grateful tears.
Ten days after giving birth to her second child, Kassandra Johnson had a brain tumor removed. By Theresa Vargas Theresa Vargas Local columnist who previously wrote for the local enterprise team about poverty, race and people with disabilities. Email Bio Follow Columnist March 6 at 3:41 PM As a D.C. public school teacher, Kassandra Johnson has taught many of her preschool-aged students how to pronounce words by telling them to look at her mouth.
Brandon Johnson and his wife, Kassandra Johnson, at their home in Maryland. He left his toddler with the neighbor and rushed home. He and his wife share a house with another couple, a pediatrician and a pharmacist, and the pediatrician drove them to George Washington University Hospital. By the time they arrived, Kassandra Johnson could no longer walk and could barely speak.
He was also grateful for what was happening without his having to ask. Friends and relatives had started mobilizing a support system. “To see so many people care for me, and my daughter and my son and my husband, it’s overwhelming,” Kassandra Johnson said. “I didn’t know so many people cared.” Johnson is supposed to return to teaching in May but said she doesn’t know yet whether she’ll be able. After the surgery, she spent 24 days in the hospital, and victories came in small improvements: a wiggle of her toes, a clap of her hands, the ability to pronounce a word clearly.
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