The weeks-old infant who suffered a severe head injury after she was hit in the head by a softball at her dad’s game two weeks ago appears to have suffered “significant” damage in one area of her brain. The family, who have been keeping supporters updated on the “Healing for McKenna” Facebook page, said they won’t know the full extent of the injury until she is “fully awake.”

McKenna Hovenga, who was 7 weeks old at the time of the accident, has been hospitalized at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester since May 2. There, doctors have been treating her for skull fractures, brain bleeds and seizures. According to the Facebook page, the head of neurology identified the two areas of the brain where the seizures are occurring.

“The grim news it that they feel that the brain damage in one area is ‘a lot’ and the brain damage of the other area is ‘significant,’” the May 11 post read. “These areas affect a large portion of the brain, with a good portion having to do with motor skills and development. Exactly what we’re looking at? We won’t know until she is fully awake. Deep breath.”

A more recent posting said that McKenna’s parents, Lee and Kassy, had moved into a Ronald McDonald house so that they could be close to their daughter, and that the new mom was given the chance to hold her baby for the first time in 10 days on Sunday. It also said doctors were concerned about McKenna’s blood pressure and heart rate dropping, and asked for prayers that the baby tolerated an anti-seizure medication.

The family set up a P.O Box for supporters who have sent letters, cards and baby gifts to McKenna. They also thanked strangers who dropped off food and cards at the hospital. A relative identified as Laura created a map to track where all of the letters and gifts are coming from.

“I cannot tell you how overwhelmed Kassy, Lee, and our family has been at all the comments on our Map for McKenna yesterday!” Laura posted on Sunday. “Wow! Just wow! Going through all the comments is going to keep me busy for a while! We really truly had no idea that our girl has the love and prayers of so many! You may say that McKenna and our story has touched you… Well, I’m here to tell you that ALL OF YOU are touching us is in a way that we cannot begin to put into words – and people who know me personally will tell you that that doesn’t happen to me very often.”

More than $58,000 has been raised to help the family cover medical expenses.

Kendra Jackson thought she had bad allergies — at least, that's what doctors told her when she complained of a runny nose.

"Everywhere I went I always had a box of Puffs, always stuffed in my pocket," Jackson of Omaha, Nebraska, told KETV. "[It was] like a waterfall, continuously, and then it would run to the back of my throat."

For years, Jackson had been seeing doctors and specialists looking for answers. The sneezing, coughing and constant nose tickle began shortly after she got into a car accident in 2013. She recalls hitting her head on the dashboard, which would explain her chronic headaches — but not the cold symptoms.

It wasn't until this year that Jackson learned the real reason her nose was always runny: she had a cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) leak. She was losing about a half-pint of fluid per day, KETV reports.

"[It was] like a waterfall, continuously, and then it would run to the back of my throat."

- Kendra Jackson

"Cerebrospinal fluid from her brain was leaking out of her nose," Nebraska Medicine wrote in a Facebook post on Friday.

According to the Cleveland Clinic, a CSF leak occurs when fluid around the brain travels through a hole "through the skull bone," typically as a result of a traumatic injury. Symptoms can include a runny nose, liquid in the ear, headaches, vision loss, among others.

The condition is rare, and often under-diagnosed. About 5 in 100,000 people report CSF leaks every year, the CSF Leak Association, a U.K. charity to promote awareness for the condition, reports. Sometimes the CSF leak will repair itself with proper rest, but occaionally surgery is needed.

Nebraska Medicine rhinologist Dr. Christie Barnes and nuerosurgeon Dr. Dan Surdell operated on Jackson a few weeks ago.

"We [went] through the nostrils, through the nose," Barnes told KETV, explaining that a team of doctors used Jackson's own tissue as a plug to prevent fluid from spilling out. "We use angled cameras, angled instruments to get us up to where we need to go."

Jackson was thrilled when the procedure was over. Her head felt clear and she was finally able to put the tissues away. For the first time in 5 years, she was able to get a good night's sleep.

"I don't have to carry around the tissue anymore, and I'm getting some sleep," she told the news station.

Jackson returned to Nebraska Medicine for a follow-up appointment on Friday and doctors said she was recovering nicely.