Leela's Medical Fund
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Hello, and thank you for stopping by! My name is Shaunna and I am going to raise $5,000 to get my dear friend, Leela, to the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota (without losing her house or filing for bankruptcy).
Leela is an amazing mother and wife. She is a kind and wonderful peron with so much to offer the world and its inhabitants. Landon and Reagan (8&6) are her terrific kids and they try so hard to help mommy get well- but it's time to ask for help beyond what their smiles and support provide.
Here's the short version of a long and complex story-
Leela communicated to her doctor that she didn't feel right and had a number of "odd" complaints over the course of two and half years- ALL were misdiagnosed and in turn, grew in severity. Unfortunately, Leela has been diagnosed with some very rare and life-threatening illnesses and the doctors are still unclear as to a complete diagnosis. Here's what we know so far.
She has Cushing's Syndrome coupled with Addison's Disease . Either of these diseases are serious enough alone- but she has both and is recovering (not so smoothly) from her brain tumor extraction, caused by the Cushing's, nearly seven months ago. The road to recovery after any brain surgery is sure to be extensive- but with Addison's Disease, the recovery is brutal. Without being too technical; Leela is suffering an Addisonian crisis (a deadly drop in hormone levels causing her entire body to become painful, then numb and start to shut down and convulse) every few days because her medical care team cannot pinpoint the problem and/or find an accurate balance of her hormone replacement therapies,
Leela's doctors, here in Kansas City, haven't the experience needed to get her healthy again. I actually witnessed one doctor say, "Well, Leela, you are quite the mystery!" As you can imagine, this isn't comforting as you lay convulsing and exhausted on an uncomfortable hospital bed. Now, that's not to say she has uneducated doctors, that is in fact, not the case!! However, the scarsity in Addison's Disease leaves quite a gap in education versus actual experience.
Please help me- help her get the help she desperately needs!!!!
Any money raised will be used in one of two ways; directly to hospitals and doctors for payment of services rendered OR travel expenses associated with the Mayo Clinic.
Please let me take this opportunity to thank each of you for reading this campaign and all donations are so VERY MUCH APPRECIATED!!!!
I will post updates here as they come (with respect, of course, to Leela and her family)
Leela is an amazing mother and wife. She is a kind and wonderful peron with so much to offer the world and its inhabitants. Landon and Reagan (8&6) are her terrific kids and they try so hard to help mommy get well- but it's time to ask for help beyond what their smiles and support provide.
Here's the short version of a long and complex story-
Leela communicated to her doctor that she didn't feel right and had a number of "odd" complaints over the course of two and half years- ALL were misdiagnosed and in turn, grew in severity. Unfortunately, Leela has been diagnosed with some very rare and life-threatening illnesses and the doctors are still unclear as to a complete diagnosis. Here's what we know so far.
She has Cushing's Syndrome coupled with Addison's Disease . Either of these diseases are serious enough alone- but she has both and is recovering (not so smoothly) from her brain tumor extraction, caused by the Cushing's, nearly seven months ago. The road to recovery after any brain surgery is sure to be extensive- but with Addison's Disease, the recovery is brutal. Without being too technical; Leela is suffering an Addisonian crisis (a deadly drop in hormone levels causing her entire body to become painful, then numb and start to shut down and convulse) every few days because her medical care team cannot pinpoint the problem and/or find an accurate balance of her hormone replacement therapies,
Leela's doctors, here in Kansas City, haven't the experience needed to get her healthy again. I actually witnessed one doctor say, "Well, Leela, you are quite the mystery!" As you can imagine, this isn't comforting as you lay convulsing and exhausted on an uncomfortable hospital bed. Now, that's not to say she has uneducated doctors, that is in fact, not the case!! However, the scarsity in Addison's Disease leaves quite a gap in education versus actual experience.
Please help me- help her get the help she desperately needs!!!!
Any money raised will be used in one of two ways; directly to hospitals and doctors for payment of services rendered OR travel expenses associated with the Mayo Clinic.
Please let me take this opportunity to thank each of you for reading this campaign and all donations are so VERY MUCH APPRECIATED!!!!
I will post updates here as they come (with respect, of course, to Leela and her family)
Organizer and beneficiary
Shaunna Britton
Organizer
Smithville, MO
Leela Ussery
Beneficiary