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The snowstorm that hit the area on April 6 played a key role in serious injuries to a small Tehachapi resident.Monique Esmeralda Guerrero, 5, underwent surgery on April 13 to repair damaged bone near her spinal cord in hopes that the procedure would allow the little girl to at least sit up.“They say she’ll be able to sit up,” said her father, George Guerrero. “She is in a lot of pain.”George said the surgery revealed that Monique had broken vertebras in the thoracic area of her back. He also said she lost a lot of blood during the surgery and had to be given a transfusion.George said one doctor reported that Monique will never walk again, but that another said to wait for two months to see what happens.“Our church is praying for us; people all over the country are praying for us,” George said.At press time, Monique was in ULCA Medical Center’s west intensive care unit.Monique’s injuries occurred when her mother, Elizabeth...
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