Alison & Chris Conrad- Life and Funeral Expenses
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This GoFundMe has been created to help Alison, Emma & Chris as they navigate uncharted territory.
As I type this, Chris is on a ventilator fighting for his life with Covid, as well as complications from a double organ transplant he had in November.
Alison posted an update on facebook yesterday:
"I want to say that I'm sorry for not updating or responding to anyone. All of this is really exhausting on me enough kind of put myself in a dark hole. I will never reach out and ask for help, that's not who I am, so if anyone wants to help then your just gonna have to mail me something cause then I don't have a choice. And I want to say thank you to the anonymous gift card I got in the mail so thank you to whoever sent that to me. Chris Conrad is not doing well he is still on the ventilator and they've been doing a lot of tests. I get calls almost daily to consent for a blood transfusion or Bronchoscopy and they also want to start dialysis today. They are thinking about doing a Tracheotomy and taking the ventilator out. They've tried to reduce the level on the ventilator but then he keeps breathing over it which means he can't get enough air so then they have to increase his sedation and then they put him on a paralytic medication that temporarily paralyses him so he doesn't move and his body can rest. He has an advanced care directive and he wouldn't want any of this. If he does recover from this he would need a lot of rehab and I don't know what his condition would be (quality of life). They are trying to determine if he's rejecting the kidney or if his kidney is under stress just by being in the ICU on the ventilator He is not progressing. I will have a lot of hard decisions to make in the next coming weeks. I can't function. I sleep all day and I don't talk or respond to anyone and I'm so sorry. I haven't been working...I have FMLA. I've tried to work thinking it would help to be around people and my patients but I had a meltdown. All I think about is getting the next phone call and wondering what I have to consent to next. When is it enough?"
Its my understanding that Alison has had an incredible outpouring of love and support, but many like me have been unsure how to help. I set this account up to help alleviate medical and personal strains of today and of the days ahead. If you feel inclined to donate, please do. Also, please share this link far and wide.
From the bottom of my heart, THANK YOU.
As I type this, Chris is on a ventilator fighting for his life with Covid, as well as complications from a double organ transplant he had in November.
Alison posted an update on facebook yesterday:
"I want to say that I'm sorry for not updating or responding to anyone. All of this is really exhausting on me enough kind of put myself in a dark hole. I will never reach out and ask for help, that's not who I am, so if anyone wants to help then your just gonna have to mail me something cause then I don't have a choice. And I want to say thank you to the anonymous gift card I got in the mail so thank you to whoever sent that to me. Chris Conrad is not doing well he is still on the ventilator and they've been doing a lot of tests. I get calls almost daily to consent for a blood transfusion or Bronchoscopy and they also want to start dialysis today. They are thinking about doing a Tracheotomy and taking the ventilator out. They've tried to reduce the level on the ventilator but then he keeps breathing over it which means he can't get enough air so then they have to increase his sedation and then they put him on a paralytic medication that temporarily paralyses him so he doesn't move and his body can rest. He has an advanced care directive and he wouldn't want any of this. If he does recover from this he would need a lot of rehab and I don't know what his condition would be (quality of life). They are trying to determine if he's rejecting the kidney or if his kidney is under stress just by being in the ICU on the ventilator He is not progressing. I will have a lot of hard decisions to make in the next coming weeks. I can't function. I sleep all day and I don't talk or respond to anyone and I'm so sorry. I haven't been working...I have FMLA. I've tried to work thinking it would help to be around people and my patients but I had a meltdown. All I think about is getting the next phone call and wondering what I have to consent to next. When is it enough?"
Its my understanding that Alison has had an incredible outpouring of love and support, but many like me have been unsure how to help. I set this account up to help alleviate medical and personal strains of today and of the days ahead. If you feel inclined to donate, please do. Also, please share this link far and wide.
From the bottom of my heart, THANK YOU.
Organizer and beneficiary
Anne Morey
Organizer
Minneapolis, MN
Alison Conrad
Beneficiary