Bobbi Kristina Brown has been taken off her ventilator and her breathing tube removed as her condition remains unchanged at Emory University Hospital in Atlanta, according to a family source. USA Today reports that the 21-year-old has been given a tracheotomy to help her continue to breathe. The decision to remove her tube does not mean her family has made a decision about her life support, the source told the newspaper. Family on Thursday said Brown's condition is 'still critical' and that the surgical procedure - which opens an airway into the trachea through the neck - was a normal one for coma patients.
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The hole placed in her throat will allow Brown to continue breathing and lower the risk posed from infection, family says
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Her condition remains unchanged, however, and is still listed as critical
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The 21-year-old daughter of Whitney Houston was been in a coma since January 31
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Meanwhile, who that family source is, exactly, remains unclear as @placeholder's father Bobbi Brown claims the relatives who have been giving media interviews about her medical condition do not have direct knowledge of her treatment.
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Meanwhile, who that family source is, exactly, remains unclear as Bobbi's father @placeholder claims the relatives who have been giving media interviews about her medical condition do not have direct knowledge of her treatment.