Mamie Laverock
PeacockWhen the heart is summoned star Mamie Laverock is officially home from the hospital, but she still has a long road ahead of her.
“Dreams come true. Welcome home Mamie,” read a message shared via the Laverock official Facebook page on Monday, August 19, which featured a handmade “Home Sweet Home” sign next to a decorated table with rainbow cake and candles.
In response to a comment, Laverock’s loved ones clarified that she is still recovering, three months after falling from a balcony.
“She is still seriously injured, but we will care for her privately,” her family responded. ‘She had to be home. So happy for her. She’s come this far… next chapter. It’s a blessing to have her home.”
Laverock, 20, was taken to a hospital in May after an undisclosed medical emergency. Weeks later, the actress was escorted from the hospital’s secure wing to a balcony corridor. She fell five stories and suffered life-threatening injuries that required multiple surgeries.
“Right now I’m concentrating on Mamie’s surgery today. Her body is shattered,” Laverock’s mother said, Nicole Rockmanwrote in an update via GoFundMe a month later. “She had two 11-hour operations with two doctors working on her, a three-hour operation and another operation today. We have nothing but gratitude for the doctors and nurses who have provided her with exemplary care since May 26.”
The statement added: “She is undergoing tremendous pain and is not giving up. We can only hold on to the miracles of each day and continue to thank everyone for their prayers and marvel at the wonders of her story.”
Rockmann later confirmed that her daughter had been transferred to another facility and that the family planned to take legal action against St. Paul’s Hospital. Providence Health Care, which operates St. Paul’s Hospital, told the Los Angeles Times in May that they were conducting an “internal review of critical incidents” according to standard operating procedures.
Laverock’s family closed their GoFundMe, which was launched to raise money for medical expenses, late last month. They raised over $28,000.
“Thank you so much. I don’t even know what to say. My heart is full,” Rockmann wrote at the time. “I have no words to describe my gratitude. I love you. Thank you.”
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Some of Laverock’s milestones have been documented via social media on her path to recovery, with Rockmann writing in July: ‘Mamie lay on her stomach, pushed herself up and held me. It was then that we realized we could have our first hug.”
Earlier this month, Laverock took her first steps before returning home from the hospital.
“It feels really strange. It feels very strange. It feels very wobbly,” the actress said in a video uploaded via Facebook on August 5. “Hello dad… look, I’m standing with the walker. All alone.”