{"id":43062,"date":"2015-02-21T01:11:10","date_gmt":"2015-02-20T17:11:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=43062"},"modified":"2015-02-21T01:11:10","modified_gmt":"2015-02-20T17:11:10","slug":"source-whitney-houstons-ailing-daughter-has-tracheostomy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2015\/02\/21\/source-whitney-houstons-ailing-daughter-has-tracheostomy\/","title":{"rendered":"Source: Whitney Houston’s ailing daughter has tracheostomy"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Bobbi Kristina Brown and Nick Gordon arrive at the “Sparkle” premiere at Graumans Chinese Theater on August 16, 2012 in Los Angeles, CA (Helga Esteb \/ Shutterstock)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

ATLANTA — Doctors have replaced Bobbi Kristina Brown’s breathing tube with a tube usually used for patients who need to be on a ventilator for an extended period, a person close to the family said Thursday.<\/p>\n

The 21-year-old’s breathing tube was replaced with a tracheostomy tube, the person, who is not authorized to speak on Brown’s condition, told The Associated Press. A tracheostomy, which involves cutting into a patient’s neck, is often performed on patients who need to be on a ventilator for an extended period.<\/p>\n

The surgery comes nearly three weeks after Whitney Houston’s daughter was found face-down and unresponsive in a bathtub of her Georgia home.<\/p>\n

Brown’s family has said she’s “fighting for her life” at Emory University Hospital. A police investigation is ongoing and few details on her condition have been released.<\/p>\n

Bobbi Kristina is the only daughter of singers Bobby Brown and Houston.<\/p>\n

Houston was found face-down and unresponsive in about a foot of water in a bathtub in the Beverly Hilton hotel on Feb. 11, 2012, just before the Grammys. She later died, and authorities concluded she had accidentally drowned. Investigators found a dozen prescription-drug bottles in the suite and listed heart disease and cocaine use as contributors to her death.<\/p>\n

Bobbi Kristina’s partner Nick Gordon said in a statement through his lawyers Wednesday night that he “desperately” wants to see her. The 25-year-old Gordon said he is looking for permission from Bobbi Kristina’s family to visit her in the hospital.<\/p>\n

Gordon said he has not tried to return to the hospital and risk a public confrontation.<\/p>\n

Bobby Brown’s lawyer hasn’t responded to numerous requests seeking comment.<\/p>\n

Houston brought Gordon into her household as an orphan at the age of 12, raising him and her daughter after divorcing Bobby Brown in 2007.<\/p>\n

Relations between Gordon and some other family members soured last year: He remains subject to a protective order barring him from being within 200 feet of Bobbi Kristina’s aunt, Patricia Houston.<\/p>\n

Bobbi Kristina became the sole inheritor of her mother’s estate when she died in 2012, and shortly thereafter, she and Gordon went public with their romantic relationship.<\/p>\n

Bobby Brown says his daughter isn’t and never has been married to Gordon.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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