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Orlandis Elrod recovery fund

We are raising money for our baby boy Orlandis Elrod that was severely injured in a motorcycle accident on September 3, 2016, then lightflighted to Grady Memorial. I'm gonna just give an update plus a rundown of what we are facing, Orlandis has been sedated since the accident and the hardest part is not seeing any activity, injuries at arrival and up to now are as follows fractured nasal cavity, severely broken jaw that has to require surgery to repair but cannot at this time because of other injuries, fractured C5,6,7 in neck and T3 and 8 in middle spine with NO injury to the spinal cord but they cannot allow sedation to come down because they don't want much movement from him because of the fragments of bone that are all around the fractures and are sharp and can cause further damage, his lungs are severely bruised and right lung is severely damaged from lung collapse that was caused by a lot of debri from aspiration during accident and they just put him in a special bed that constantly moves his body to stimulate the lungs, on arrival Orlandis was bleeding severely on the inside and had to have blood transfusion and found out he had a severely lacerated liver that he was rushed back to repair and started losing blood again 2 days ago that required more blood but at this time show no signs of bleeding anywhere, he has torn kidney that is not concerning at this time, he has swelling and small bleeding on brain but think it's just from all trauma to facial area, he had an episode earlier where his heart levels dropped and are not steady at this time so he has a cardiologist on board now also and he'll have to have rehab when he leaves hospital and at this time will not be soon, he also has set up pneumonia. Orlandis just changed jobs after being with the same company for a few years and doesn't have medical insurance which is scarier then you think. We need lots of prayers please remember that daily. The people that know Orlandis know he will give you the shirt off his back if you needed it no matter who you were. This is a very, very difficult time for our family and please understand that we are so grateful for all prayers, visits, concerns, calls and texts and Facebook activity, which we stay off of please understand, Orlandis has a long road ahead and we'll be here every step of the way I just need to see him seeing me, in our mind and faith we know he's gonna be back at it one day but out hearts are so broken and we feel so helpless. Just wanted to mention to you that the only Go Fund Me that we are in control over is ours and our niece Brittany Miller's. Want to say thx to the friends and family that helped us know and sign up for this. Any donation will help and please know we are not greedy people and never ask for anything and eventually Doug will be going back to work sometime gotta have money to live it's just difficult at this time and all money will go to the care of our son. I know what people mean " you never think it will happen to you" We have a friend Mary Lioti that has been giving updates thru Facebook and friend Gloria Williamson that has also put donation boxes at local stores where we live. Its just a difficult thing for us at this time. We never imagined anything like this and cannot describe the pain we are in and just knowing the condition and state our son is in and seeing him that way thx again for anything you can do. Sincerly Doug, Michelle, Celyste, Orlandis and Douglas Jr. Elrod.

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Michelle Elrod
Organizer
Ball Ground, GA

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