Donate to help Brittany's Recovery

To know Brittany is to love Brittany. She is the type of friend that is always supportive and will drop anything to be by your side. On 2/2/22, Brittany’s life was forever changed when doctors discovered a brain tumor that caused her to have a seizure and stroke-like symptoms. They had no choice but to perform brain surgery to save her life. This emergency surgery is naturally impossible to plan for and comes with a hefty price tag for the operation and the recovery. Brittany deserves the best opportunity for a full recovery, and we are here to support her do that. Your charitable contributions are appreciated beyond what we could adequately describe here in text. It means the world to us to see Brittany back on her feet again. The recovery process is lengthy, but she will be back on her feet with God and your support. And we know that with power in numbers, we can help make Brittany’s cost of surgery and recovery a little easier to navigate. Thank you for your generosity. Please continue to keep our friend lifted in prayer. We’ve attached Brittany’s testimony in her own words below.

2-22-22 My life would be forever changed; I had a seizure in bed while home alone. I remember the seizure, I recall trying to activate emergency services on my Apple Watch, but I couldn't.

My son calls me, Jon Lewis calls me. I'm confused. They come home. I had no

recollection of who they were. I was combative and noncompliant, they rush me to the nearest hospital. My entire left side is weak, numb, and tingling. I hear staff saying, “We are out of time,she needs to be transferred" Assuming I'm a stroke patient. After lots of testing and scans, it is discovered that I have a right side brain mass (Henrietta) and I needed a bed in Neuro ICU. The next 5 days were an absolute blur. I was disoriented, I would have visitors and not remember. I would call Byron and Jon screaming and begging them to come get me when they had just left. It was SO hard being a nurse on the other side and being asked, “What's your name?" And not recalling.

I have the BEST partner, kid, Pastors, sisters, brothers,cousins, momma, in-laws,and friends who kept me encouraged and pushed me to surgery date because I was losing my fight.

Fast forward…March 1 SURGERY DAY! I'm excited and ready to get it over with! I went in with NO FEAR! I told the Neurologist "Sir, don't leave my head open just close me on up." I had so much peace about the surgery. We did a family zoom, Jon prayed over me with all my family, I saw my momma, my Pastors drove 5

hours and covered me, it was just beautiful. Let's do this

BUT I wasn't prepared for the road ahead……I came out of surgery the next morning STRONG,removed my catheter, got up and walked as I told them I would. I said it out of my mouth so that’s what happened. No one told me Mam you're going to be an entirely different person. I remember thinking, “Did the robot put someone else's brain in my head?" Having to learn to talk, walk, write, read, and perform basic self care on a daily tested me mentally and emotionally!

I’m giving glory to God that I can do all the things they said I wouldn’t, except driving safely!! All HIM and none of me. If you know me, I'm vibrant, mostly

independent and full of life. To be at full mercy of others was so hard and mentally disheartening. I had a lot of internal emotional battles but God kept me

I’m still in the process of recovery. I have made great gains. Recovery is a journey, some days are really tough. But God is so good. He’s covered, protected and is healing me day by day.

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I may not fully understand why this happened, but I know that God has held me every step of the way. If you are looking for a MIRACLE, look no further, I’m one

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