Help Mom, Rosetta get the Medical Care she needs!

Hi my name is Crystal Frazier and most know me as the Fashion Designer for women’s Plus size clothing from BET’s Rip The Runway to Project Runway, well I am here on GoFundMe raising money for my Mothers continued medical care. On July 8th, I recognized that my Mother was having a stroke, unfortunately I didn’t catch it quick enough but on the other side I got her to the emergency room of Barnes-Jewish Hospital in St.Louis via ambulance, when I got to the hospital I was met with the Stroke Team of Doctors, my loving mom I could see who was in a room inside a tube, the team of stroke Doctors were asking me tons of questions and they explained over and over a lot of medical terms without scaring me too much and tern me that I wasn’t familiar with and I wanted to just get her help immediately but they were helping her, they were looking at her brain and wanted to know what her morning was like. I answered them as thoroughly as I could, they said we are seeing if your Mom is a candidate for a Lombectomy, They willed my Mom up to surgery, someone else’s life is in my hand who is incredibly dear and close to me and I have to make the right decisions as the youngest in the family who has Power of Attorney over both of my parents. This is when I began to realize how serious her situation really was and I broke down, the surgeon came out and explained what the lombectomy was/is and how it’s performed surgically and as diligently, clearly he said to me “We are treating your Moms situation as an emergency situation (I fell to the floor and cried and called my Big Brother who lives in Seattle, Wa. Turns out My Mother had a clot and they think she may have been having little strokes throughout the night and during the Lombectomy they got as much as they possibly could safely (not all of it amd they can not go back in that just wouldn’t be safe) they saved my mothers life, she was in the ICU for over a week and in the hospital a total of 15 days. There hasn’t been one day I have not been by her side and keeping family and social media up to date about my Mom because I needed strong prayer warriors to pray for Mom... just as I left that house that morning for Physical Therapy and I called her 10 mins later, (I was like now I just left why is t she answering the phone, so without hesitation I would just be late for therapy because I needed peace of mind that she was okay because she really didn’t seem like herself that morning and I am grateful I turned the car around and around and went back home because if not, well I can’t come to terms with saying the scary obvious.

My Mom is a very strong, willed woman and I believe she has and is still fighting to heal, in fact I know she is amd she has come a long way and I have been her advocate, (she would do it for me) I went and visited 18 rehab facilities once the hospital told me she would need further care because she would now need to be released from the Hospital into a temporary skilled nursing facility, the stroke is called a “Ischemic Brain Stroke”, which means her left brain effects her entire right side and her corotic artery was fully blocked and that caused her stroke, this effects her being unable to speak, (so when you speak to her you have to do it from her left side because they believe her right eye is blurred or possibly temporary blind) she is unable to use her right side, good news she just wiggle her toes really on Sunday 8/8 and her right foot a little, my mom is trying to speak and this is because she is in further need of Speech Therapy and Physical Therapy. She has made a lot of progress but still a long way to go. The facility contacted me at 3:30pm today and said her insurance will not cover her stay and to release her in 2 days, so I have appealed it. I got there and did the appeal and wasted no time but My Mom needs at least 90 more days to get the care she needs and to continue to progress. Now no way am I leaving her anywhere for long term because she has a home and she has me and as long as God has breath in my body I am going to do whatever and all I can. I am not a nurse and she isn’t ready to come home yet but if I can get her a bit better in 90 days for further skilled nursing then I can take it from there. But I can’t give her medicine, my mom also has what’s called “G Tube” in her stomach, because while she was in the hospital she wasn’t getting enough nourishment and had dropped more than 40 lbs (that scared me) so the Doctors said it was critical and crucial for her to get proper nutrients she needs to start healing so I had to sign for her to have surgery when she was still at Barnes-Jewish Hospital for the tube, luckily she can eat by mouth but twice a day she gets needed tube feeding that I’m praying will be temporarily and I have to say I got a good report today that she ate all her lunch. When I visit I usually go by and I feed her lunch and dinner (until they told me I could only come once a day) but she is also on Purée Diet, I taste the food first and then I feed her and she’s been doing great (it’s important to feed her properly, sitting up but the tube feeding if definitely helping getting the nutrition she needs but before this Stroke happened my Mom is known for her dancing and being the life of the party and she is loved by everyone... She also loves Beyoncé and I’m sure everyone has seen that video I posted of us coming from church jamming to Beyoncé in the car...once of our best Mommy-Daughter moments and I’m praying for more

moments like that...

I am asking for all who knows me and knows or hears my Moms story, she needs more care so I can get her home, these facilities make the family pay 80 percent and when she does come back home to me and the dogs and her family and friends I wanna make sure she also has the proper bed, proper wheelchair etc and hire a nurse to do her vitals and her meds appropriately. I know my Mom is a proud older woman and probably hate that I’m asking for financial donations for her care but her insurance won’t continued to cover all of it, I have but so much cash on hand to contribute but no where near enough. If I can ask for $5/$25 per person it all goes towards her medical expense for the rehab facility for her to get the proper care she is in need of so she can speak, walk and hey jam to some

music again and so I can hear her voice clearly. I know she wants to tell me so much but imagine 5 weeks unable to speak and I know my Mom wants to continue ti be my cheerleader as a Designer and tell me to get back to it but most of all I want her to hug me with both arms around me and to hear her voice again say “I love you baby girl”.

Will you who is reading this sacrifice and help my Mom, our Mom, Sister, Aunt, Granny, dog Mom, friend...with a donation of any and all sizes. I don’t have much time as we need donations this week.

Thank you and God bless you all and please continue to pray for my Mom “Rosetta Frazier”.

Baby Girl as she calls me...