Christina's 2nd Fight for her Life
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This February 13th, while visiting India, Christina Johanson was struck by a motorcyclist at high speed while bicycling back to her hotel. Crashing onto cement, she sustained a serious brain injury and was in a coma, intubated for five days. She spoke her first words yesterday to our mom, “Love you”. She has difficulty with body movement, and is now in desperate need of acute neurological rehabilitation.
Christina is currently in a hospital without the rehabilitation services she needs.
However, there are neuro rehabilitation services at a hospital in Mumbai. When she is medically cleared, she will be flown home – either by medical transport or commercial flight – to Seattle, WA to continue her recovery. Christina is a fighter. She proved this when she came out in total remission from her battle with breast cancer. She was diagnosed in late 2014, and was just getting back to normal life as a physical therapist, a compassionate caregiver of many on their paths to better health. Now she is back to fighting. But given the resources to heal to the best of her ability, Christina will come through this, too. Let’s show up for her.
Please be as generous as you can in supporting Christina’s homeward journey, defraying medical costs and in helping her have a chance at making a full recovery! With the type of brain injury she sustained, Christina is going to need extensive rehabilitation. She has a long road ahead of her. As her loving community, our generosity plays a major role in helping Christina come out of this triumphantly.
We thank you from the bottom of our hearts and will update her progress from time to time. Your contributions are humbling and thank you.
Michael Johanson - Christina's brother and Power of Attorney with Maybelle my wife, Nadia and Vladimir Mihalcic, Nadia's sister and brother in Law, Anne and Bruce Johanson our parents.
As the Durable Power of Attorney and brother to Christina Johanson, I, Michael Johanson, I will be distributing the funds to my account and transferring the money to pay bills directly to insurances and/or my parents because in India the insurance companies are not contracted for direct pay with many of the medical facilities and require cash or credit card payment up front for medical care.
Once they are state side the funds will be paying for Christina's expenses after insurance has paid and after her Acute Rehab's 30 day maximum has been exhausted. The details of what will be covered and what will not be covered is being discovered. The paperwork is not fun for someone who dislikes legal jargon! Luckily as a physical therapist with medical knowledge and with help from others we are learning and processing things together.
Christina is currently in a hospital without the rehabilitation services she needs.
However, there are neuro rehabilitation services at a hospital in Mumbai. When she is medically cleared, she will be flown home – either by medical transport or commercial flight – to Seattle, WA to continue her recovery. Christina is a fighter. She proved this when she came out in total remission from her battle with breast cancer. She was diagnosed in late 2014, and was just getting back to normal life as a physical therapist, a compassionate caregiver of many on their paths to better health. Now she is back to fighting. But given the resources to heal to the best of her ability, Christina will come through this, too. Let’s show up for her.
Please be as generous as you can in supporting Christina’s homeward journey, defraying medical costs and in helping her have a chance at making a full recovery! With the type of brain injury she sustained, Christina is going to need extensive rehabilitation. She has a long road ahead of her. As her loving community, our generosity plays a major role in helping Christina come out of this triumphantly.
We thank you from the bottom of our hearts and will update her progress from time to time. Your contributions are humbling and thank you.
Michael Johanson - Christina's brother and Power of Attorney with Maybelle my wife, Nadia and Vladimir Mihalcic, Nadia's sister and brother in Law, Anne and Bruce Johanson our parents.
As the Durable Power of Attorney and brother to Christina Johanson, I, Michael Johanson, I will be distributing the funds to my account and transferring the money to pay bills directly to insurances and/or my parents because in India the insurance companies are not contracted for direct pay with many of the medical facilities and require cash or credit card payment up front for medical care.
Once they are state side the funds will be paying for Christina's expenses after insurance has paid and after her Acute Rehab's 30 day maximum has been exhausted. The details of what will be covered and what will not be covered is being discovered. The paperwork is not fun for someone who dislikes legal jargon! Luckily as a physical therapist with medical knowledge and with help from others we are learning and processing things together.
Organizer
Michael Johanson
Organizer
Walla Walla, WA
