Help a terminally ill 3 yr old girl
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Allayna Tripp just turned three years old on July 12th. She is a critically ill girl who has been diagnosed with brain atrophy along with numerous other conditions including microcephaly and severe epilepsy. She requires 24 hour a day care. Ally is legally blind, unable to hold her head up, crawl, walk, eat orally, and verbally communicate. She is terminally ill.
Allayna Tripp requires non-stop critical care nursing to stay at home with her parents. All nursing care is provided by certified medical staffing companies that require exclusivity to their agency. Over the past three years, the Tripp’s have encountered difficulty finding qualified nurses that have the dedication or willingness to provide the proper health care for their daughter. With lack of professional nursing support, both Amy and Aaron (parents) have lived through consecutive days and nights with little to no sleep, trading off weekdays and weekends. They do all this to provide the necessary health care to keep their daughter alive. Family and friends have seen the negative impact of this on Amy and Aaron’s health and quality of life. Staffing problems continued even after the Tripp’s purchased a home in Elk Grove Village over a year ago that includes a dedicated room for Allayna’s in-home health care.
It all came to a head a couple of months ago. After seeing the negative impact on Aaron and Amy’s health because of Ally’s need for 24 hour a day critical care, two nursing agencies agreed to push aside their exclusivity requirement and team together; however, one of those agencies has been unable to fulfill any of the nursing needs. The remaining agency has now provided the Tripp family with three qualified, dedicated, professional nurses to provide in-home health care for Allayna. These nurses cover some of the day and night shifts, but additional professional nursing staff is still desperately needed. The quality of life for the Tripp family is improving but slowly as of now.
Several of Allayna's prescriptions and equipment needs are not covered by insurance. Allayna uses medicinal marijauna to decrease her severe seizures. The cost is out of pocket at over $700 per month. As she grows larger, the need for new handicapped accessible equipment also becomes quite costly.
Doctors have not been able to tell us how long Allayna is expected to live but we cherish every day we have with her. Should Allayna pass away, and there is a remaining balance in this account, the Tripp family will be using it for funeral expences and donating the remaining amount to Children's Hospital. This hospital has provided unbelievable high level care for Ally throughout her life.
Allayna Tripp requires non-stop critical care nursing to stay at home with her parents. All nursing care is provided by certified medical staffing companies that require exclusivity to their agency. Over the past three years, the Tripp’s have encountered difficulty finding qualified nurses that have the dedication or willingness to provide the proper health care for their daughter. With lack of professional nursing support, both Amy and Aaron (parents) have lived through consecutive days and nights with little to no sleep, trading off weekdays and weekends. They do all this to provide the necessary health care to keep their daughter alive. Family and friends have seen the negative impact of this on Amy and Aaron’s health and quality of life. Staffing problems continued even after the Tripp’s purchased a home in Elk Grove Village over a year ago that includes a dedicated room for Allayna’s in-home health care.
It all came to a head a couple of months ago. After seeing the negative impact on Aaron and Amy’s health because of Ally’s need for 24 hour a day critical care, two nursing agencies agreed to push aside their exclusivity requirement and team together; however, one of those agencies has been unable to fulfill any of the nursing needs. The remaining agency has now provided the Tripp family with three qualified, dedicated, professional nurses to provide in-home health care for Allayna. These nurses cover some of the day and night shifts, but additional professional nursing staff is still desperately needed. The quality of life for the Tripp family is improving but slowly as of now.
Several of Allayna's prescriptions and equipment needs are not covered by insurance. Allayna uses medicinal marijauna to decrease her severe seizures. The cost is out of pocket at over $700 per month. As she grows larger, the need for new handicapped accessible equipment also becomes quite costly.
Doctors have not been able to tell us how long Allayna is expected to live but we cherish every day we have with her. Should Allayna pass away, and there is a remaining balance in this account, the Tripp family will be using it for funeral expences and donating the remaining amount to Children's Hospital. This hospital has provided unbelievable high level care for Ally throughout her life.
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Amy Tripp
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Elk Grove Village, IL
