Megan

Many of you who know Megan, know she has Lupus and has done a good job over the years of keeping it under control. Unfortunately though, with one autoimmune disease comes many more.

 

In May of this year, Megan fell very ill for the first time in a while and she spent a week in the hospital. After that, her doctors ran a large number of tests and found that she has stage 4 gastroparesis. After trying several medications that failed to get this new disease under control, Megan ended up back in the hospital in August. She had lost 15 more pounds and was having a hard time keeping food down. At the end of a two week stay, she left the hospital on continuous TPN. (Total Parenteral Nutrition - a method of feeding that bypasses the gastrointestinal tract. She has to carry around a machine that feeds her through fluids directly into her body).

 

A couple weeks later she started running a fever and was not feeling well. Once again, they admitted her for an infection that had become septic. Once, the infection was finally clear, she then had a plyroplasty (an operation that widens the tube from the stomach to the intestines).

 

After staying in the hospital once again for a month, she finally went home on IV antibiotics and still with her TPN machine. A couple weeks later she was back in the hospital yet again, with blood clots that needed observation.

 

In the beginning of November, she had a gastric stimulator placed in her intestines that should help with the nausea and vomiting she has had this entire time. This vomiting has been so bad that she has had issues with muscle tissue and fibers tearing from the bone due the stress and strain. Now that the stimulator has been placed, it could take up to six months to know if it’s even working.

 

On top of all of this, Megan is currently in the hospital AGAIN due to sepsis in her port (a device that makes it easier for medical staff to access a vein repeatedly).

 

Due to this infection, they have removed her port and discontinued the TPN since it is causing so many infections with her compromised immune system. Since the TPN was causing issues, she has now had a g-tube (a tube inserted through the belly that brings nutrition directly to the patient’s digestive system) placed in her small intestine for feedings and a j-tube (a tube inserted directly into the stomach  for drainage when nauseous) instated.

 

All of these medical issues have placed a monumental strain on Megan’s family both mentally and emotionally, as well as financially. This GoFundMe is so that we can help someone, and a family that we all so dearly love. Please help her. WE LOVE YOU MEGAN!!!!