
A family in need
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Hello everyone so as everyone knows I have been struggling a lot this year with back to back surgeries complications pretty much anything you could think of on February 25th I had a desmoid tumor removed that was attached to my kidney and colon in Chicago Illinois at UIC three days after my surgery my colon ruptured and they had to go back in each day after that they had removed my Staples little by little because my stomach was extremely infected I was in the ICU for 2 weeks by myself due to high covert rates nobody was able to stay with me in the hospital or visit me for almost a month.... I had to have blood transfusions multiple medications I thought I was going to die and it almost got to that point no family was able to come see me at the time because Covid was so bad in Chicago after 3 weeks I was transferred to an intermediate floor and after a week on the intermediate for my husband was able to finally come and see me after a month and a half two weeks later I was transported by ambulance to kindred hospital in Peoria Illinois I was at kindred for 23 days and then finally discharged after about 3 weeks at home I ended up getting a really bad infection with an abscess and was admitted to Methodist hospital where I had to have another surgery to explore my wound and remove the abscess and drain it after about 14 days in the hospital I was finally able to come home by that time it was almost June I was sent home with a PICC line and IV antibiotics and tpn feedings and then ended up having to have another surgery in August to reopen my womb because it was starting to close from the outside in which is not what it's supposed to do after that surgery I had to get a vacuum installed on my abdomen and I went home with that for about a month but once again my incision was draining to the point where I could not keep up with it and they decided to go in and do another wound exploration this happened on September 7th 2021 I ended up staying in the hospital for 12 days went home for 3 days was re-admitted for another 12 days went home for two days and I was readmitted on Monday October the 9th and I have to stay in the hospital until they are able to get this last surgery scheduled the surgery that I'm getting ready to have is going to take about 8 hours and I am terrified but this is what has to happen in order for me to start healing hopefully..I was just informed that I am going to have to have another surgery because I cannot get the drainage under control the acid that is coming from my small intestine is eating my skin up to the point where it's giving me second degree burns my husband is the only one working right now he's the only one bringing it income so I wanted to start a GoFundMe to see if we could get some help with whatever we need help with it is a lot of pressure on Jesus yes he is the man of the house yes he is the head of the house and he supports his family and his wife the best that he can for right now it is extremely difficult he is the only one taking care of all of the bills the food the cooking when he can and thank God I have a village of a family and friends that are helping me with my three kids at the moment I have not eaten in 40 days I can only take sips of water by mouth with my meds but right now I'm getting back to back TPN and antibiotics and fluids through my IV I'm not sure how long I'm going to be in the hospital as this is my third time in the hospital since September 7th thank you everyone for reaching out to me to my family give me your prayers your blessings please keep them coming this is an extremely difficult I mean this has been one hell of a year.. they say God never gives you more than you can handle so I'm not sure how much more I can take but I'll keep holding on to my faith because it's pretty much all I got left.....
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Carmen Feliciana Barriga
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Peoria, IL