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Make things wheelchair accessible and pay bills

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Misty's nightmare rollercoaster started June 15, 2022. It started while she was in Salt Lake visiting family, with her mom. Her mom called her from another room in the house and told her she was in a lot of pain and needed to go to an ER. They rushed her to the ER to find that a kidney infection and a kidney stone that would not pass, she got sepsis which made her go into septic shock. The doctors were amazing and after life-saving measures, a miracle happened and Misty's mom was saved. She spent 2 weeks in the hospital and once strong enough, she was brought back to American Falls. In August, Misty's mom experienced a cluster of small strokes and a moderate stroke and was put back in the hospital in Pocatello where she spent a few weeks. Once strong enough again to leave, she went back home. October 18th, her mom came down with pneumonia and was put back in the hospital in American Falls. They discovered a leaky heart valve after almost 2 weeks of treatment for pneumonia and transported her to ERMC, a hospital in Idaho Falls. There they wanted her to recover a little more from pneumonia before doing any type of heart surgery. A few days after being there, it was discovered that Marie had cancer. A few days after that, it was determined it was terminal. On top of the cancer, Marie went into heart failure and renal failure. She was moved back home on hospice care for 4 days and passed on November 8, 2022. Misty was her mother's caregiver through those long 5 months. It was heart-shattering for Misty to take care of her best friend (mother) while she fought so many battles and eventually lost the last battle. Misty was out of work the whole time she was caring for her mom and took a few months after to grieve over her loss. Misty had just started a new job in May. On May 19th, Misty was having terrible back pain so she went to the doctor. She was diagnosed with a severe kidney infection. They sent her home with some strong antibiotics. Between that visit and May 23, Misty started losing patches of feelings in her legs. On May 23, 2023, Misty went to the ER in American Falls, and this time they changed her antibiotics to continue her original treatment and also to help fight an infection they found in her stomach. They told her the numbness was from all the medication. Fast forward to June 5, 2023, the back pain is still there and intensified and the numbness was worse than before. She needed assistance with walking. Her aunt drove her to the ER in Pocatello where she was finally taken seriously and they did an MRI. The MRI showed that Misty had a mass wrapped around her spine. The mass was compressing her spinal cord and cutting off the spinal fluid and she was told she was being transported immediately by ambulance to the University of Utah to have the mass removed. The surgery happened June 7, 2023. Doctors had to remove two vertebrae to get the entire tumor and then put her back together with multiple titanium screws. She stayed at the U of U for another week while doctors monitored her closely. She was getting a very small amount of feeling back and they moved her into a rehabilitation center on June 13, 2023. Misty has been making improvements with her physical therapy, but it is unknown if she will get all her feeling back in her legs or the ability to walk again. Once she is eventually released from the physical rehabilitation hospital, she will be wheelchair-bound. She will also need to continue rigorous physical therapy for up to 2 years. This means accommodations will have to be made before she gets home so that she will be able to get in and out of her house. The bills will be piling up very quickly and she could use our help. Misty is too humble to ask anyone to help her, so I will do it for her. If you can donate and/or share this so that we can help her get through this rough patch in her life, she would be so grateful for any help.
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Donations 

  • Jeffrey Bowman
    • $50
    • 2 yrs
  • Anonymous
    • $50
    • 2 yrs
  • Rena Blaser
    • $25
    • 2 yrs
  • Anonymous
    • $500
    • 2 yrs
  • Tony Kremer
    • $125
    • 2 yrs
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Cindy Connelly
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Pocatello, ID

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