Help Maranda & Shaun with medical bills
Hey everyone. Our sweet Maranda is extremely sick. She has been in excruciating pain for the past two weeks. When she went to the ER, they originally told her she just had a bug but when she went into the chiropractor, she showed them her CAT Scan and they told her one of her vertebras was out of alignment and compressing her nerves. They have been working hard to get it back into place. Earlier this week, she started noticing that her vision was going and now her vision is completely gone. They had stopped going to the chiropractor and were waiting for an MRI to be scheduled that the general doctor had ordered. While waiting for this to be scheduled Shaun took Maranda home and then it was decided to get her to Phoenix were there are specialist. Mom drove Maranda and Shaun down and met up with Leah and they took her to Banner Gateway in Gilbert.
Maranda has been there since June 15th. The current status on Maranda as of the morning of June 17th the doctors are quite sure they figured out what is going on. They are still running tests and making sure, but they think she has something called Idiopathic Intracranial Hypertension (Pseudotumor cerebri). It is when there is unexplained pressure in the head that happens for not obvious reason. The swelling often affects the optic nerve. It mimics the symptoms of a brain tumor with out there actually being a tumor. It is rare and hard to diagnose because there is not definite test on it, they basically have to rule everything else out. Her eyesight has not returned yet so right now that is the main concern because it could be damaged permanently if they do not fix it in time. She has had pain off and on, but they are able to manage it and keep her comfortable. Still no current updates as to what the plan will be to treat her and bring her home.
Shaun has stayed by her side every minute and has worked from home and now taking time away from work to be with her. They do not have Insurance and having several test, Spinal tab, MRI’s and CAT scans, two ER visits and currently at the hospital medical bills are going to be getting pricy. Please continue the prayers and if you can please help this still newly married couple out.