Arielle Pierre's Medical Fund
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My name is Arielle Pierre and I'm 22 years old. On Aug. 7, 2014 I fell down a flight of stairs in my home and broke my neck. I broke C5,C6, and C7, the doctors say this is a complete spinal cord injury. They've said if I regain sensation below my injury I will never walk again. My parents,at my side, and I agreed that surgery was best despite the potentially permanency of my injury,to relieve the 
pressure on my spinal cord and stabilize my neck. I am paralyzed from the upper chest down. I am thankful today that I am alive. I am very lucky that I have retained use of my arms but I can't use my hands. I have been blessed with so many people praying for me and I'm happy to tell you I have more than sensations below my injury, I can kick my left leg. It is odd my body no longer feels like my own, I guess this is part of the road to recovery. This is going to be the longest, most difficult, and costly road I will ever have facing me, but I believe with God, prayers and positive thinking I will get through this. I am waitng for a bed to open in Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital in Boston so I may begin this journey of recovery. I've been told that it's the best place I could go for my type of medical needs. I want to be in a place with other people like myself and people that can help me.
As I told you I am 22 years old. I come from a single parent household and have two younger brothers. One is in college and the other in junior high. The younger of the two is having the hardest time. I've told him if he doesn't come see me, I'm going to get him. I love photography and even won awards for some of my work. Tha's what scares me the most, that I won't be able to take pictures again. Prior to my injury I had just started a new job as a cerified nurse assistant. I love my work and the residents that I took care of. I want to go back and they said I still have my job.I had just brought a new used car and I was saving for my own apartment. I was finally on my way to independence, off to a great start. Unfortunately this has all changed.
I cannot financially take care of my needs, nor help my family anymore. i don't want to be a burden to my mom, even though she's by my side. She's now my hands and my body, we are a team.
The cost of my surgery and stay both in the hospital and rehab is unimaginable, so although it is difficult to ask for financial help; the reality is I need it. I don't think I have lotes of choices. I want to do whatever it takes to become independent again.
If you would ask me what I would like in my deepest of being, I would have to say I want to walk again. I want to persue my photography, and I want to go back to work. I believe all this is possible, because anything is possible in God's eyes.
So please give what you can, every little bite counts. I can't do this alone. I will gladly keep you informed of my progress. I have already done what was said would be impossible. I hope you can help me along in this journey of recovery and change. Thank you for reading my story and God Bless. Arielle
pressure on my spinal cord and stabilize my neck. I am paralyzed from the upper chest down. I am thankful today that I am alive. I am very lucky that I have retained use of my arms but I can't use my hands. I have been blessed with so many people praying for me and I'm happy to tell you I have more than sensations below my injury, I can kick my left leg. It is odd my body no longer feels like my own, I guess this is part of the road to recovery. This is going to be the longest, most difficult, and costly road I will ever have facing me, but I believe with God, prayers and positive thinking I will get through this. I am waitng for a bed to open in Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital in Boston so I may begin this journey of recovery. I've been told that it's the best place I could go for my type of medical needs. I want to be in a place with other people like myself and people that can help me.
As I told you I am 22 years old. I come from a single parent household and have two younger brothers. One is in college and the other in junior high. The younger of the two is having the hardest time. I've told him if he doesn't come see me, I'm going to get him. I love photography and even won awards for some of my work. Tha's what scares me the most, that I won't be able to take pictures again. Prior to my injury I had just started a new job as a cerified nurse assistant. I love my work and the residents that I took care of. I want to go back and they said I still have my job.I had just brought a new used car and I was saving for my own apartment. I was finally on my way to independence, off to a great start. Unfortunately this has all changed.
I cannot financially take care of my needs, nor help my family anymore. i don't want to be a burden to my mom, even though she's by my side. She's now my hands and my body, we are a team.
The cost of my surgery and stay both in the hospital and rehab is unimaginable, so although it is difficult to ask for financial help; the reality is I need it. I don't think I have lotes of choices. I want to do whatever it takes to become independent again.
If you would ask me what I would like in my deepest of being, I would have to say I want to walk again. I want to persue my photography, and I want to go back to work. I believe all this is possible, because anything is possible in God's eyes.
So please give what you can, every little bite counts. I can't do this alone. I will gladly keep you informed of my progress. I have already done what was said would be impossible. I hope you can help me along in this journey of recovery and change. Thank you for reading my story and God Bless. Arielle
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Tonya Sheets
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