Jodi Lyn Wrights
Born: June 1, 1971 Died: April 27, 2016
Jodi passed away at 3:00PM MST April 27, 2016 from an inoperable brain tumor that had gone undetected until three days ago. A year ago Jodi began experiencing sudden bouts of irritability, depression, and other mild symptoms. At the time she and I talked about it and both came to the conclusion that it must be related to premenopausal syndrome. She went to see a doctor here in Bozeman who seemed to concur after evaluating her and prescribed a common antidepressant to help her with the mood swings.
At first, the medication seemed to help a bit but as time went on Jodi spoke to me about going off of the medication because she felt it made her mood feel flat and grey. She never was one for pills to fix things, she always opted to try and work through the problems she faced. I agreed with her because it was what she wanted. After consulting with her physician about stopping the medication she began the process of weaning herself off of the drug.
The side effects of the withdrawal seemed to mask the ever worsening symptoms she was experiencing, both of us kept looking to that as the reason for her declining health. About a month ago she really started suffering more motor skill degradation, memory loss, and a general feeling of ill health. After talking it over she agreed to go to see a physician after the weekend was over. However, that Sunday afternoon she drove herself to the emergency room here in Bozeman. I was out in the garden and didn’t know she had left until I received a text message from her to please pick her up. When I arrived I saw that they had given her a sedative to calm her. They had no diagnosis and the blood work they conducted showed no evidence of anything wrong.
As the next few days and weeks passed Jodi’s health continued to decline. On Monday April, 25th I took her to Community Health Partners here in Bozeman. At that time Jodi was unable to walk without my help or get into or out of the car on her own. We had spoken all weekend about me answering questions for her if she found herself unable to answer them during the visit. She was examined as best as they were able but unfortunately everyone kept pointing to the withdrawls from the medication.
That night as we lay in bed together, Jodi began to choke on her vomit in bed. I rolled her over on to her side so she could breathe and stayed next to her. At this time it was around midnight and I had dozed off. She had rolled off of her side and on to her back and began choking again. I quickly rolled her onto her side to clear her airway but she rolled forward out my arms and fell onto the bedroom floor. I begged her not to give up and to please help me but she didn’t respond. After putting a pillow under her head and wrapping a blanket around her she rolled onto her stomach again and began having more difficulty breathing. I yelled at her that she needed to try but she didn’t respond. I forced open her eyes and she was unresponsive, it was then that I called 911.
In what seemed like minutes, they had stabilized her in the ER and had a CAT scan done. This is when we learned that Jodi had a tumor. We received two opinions from Billings and Utah from neurosurgeons who both concurred that the tumor was too large and the operation would be fatal.
It was Jodi’s wish that in the event that she was to die her organs would be donated to persons in need. This process has been very difficult for all of us but we all agreed that it was what Jodi had wanted.
In life Jodi was my best friend and the love of my life. She was a gift and a guiding light that made me and everyone around her a better person for having known her, laughed with her, and cried with her. There are no more words in me to describe how I feel about her right now because this wound is so raw and deep. But I can say that she will always be with me everyday beside me until we join together again in death.
Born: June 1, 1971 Died: April 27, 2016
Jodi passed away at 3:00PM MST April 27, 2016 from an inoperable brain tumor that had gone undetected until three days ago. A year ago Jodi began experiencing sudden bouts of irritability, depression, and other mild symptoms. At the time she and I talked about it and both came to the conclusion that it must be related to premenopausal syndrome. She went to see a doctor here in Bozeman who seemed to concur after evaluating her and prescribed a common antidepressant to help her with the mood swings.
At first, the medication seemed to help a bit but as time went on Jodi spoke to me about going off of the medication because she felt it made her mood feel flat and grey. She never was one for pills to fix things, she always opted to try and work through the problems she faced. I agreed with her because it was what she wanted. After consulting with her physician about stopping the medication she began the process of weaning herself off of the drug.
The side effects of the withdrawal seemed to mask the ever worsening symptoms she was experiencing, both of us kept looking to that as the reason for her declining health. About a month ago she really started suffering more motor skill degradation, memory loss, and a general feeling of ill health. After talking it over she agreed to go to see a physician after the weekend was over. However, that Sunday afternoon she drove herself to the emergency room here in Bozeman. I was out in the garden and didn’t know she had left until I received a text message from her to please pick her up. When I arrived I saw that they had given her a sedative to calm her. They had no diagnosis and the blood work they conducted showed no evidence of anything wrong.
As the next few days and weeks passed Jodi’s health continued to decline. On Monday April, 25th I took her to Community Health Partners here in Bozeman. At that time Jodi was unable to walk without my help or get into or out of the car on her own. We had spoken all weekend about me answering questions for her if she found herself unable to answer them during the visit. She was examined as best as they were able but unfortunately everyone kept pointing to the withdrawls from the medication.
That night as we lay in bed together, Jodi began to choke on her vomit in bed. I rolled her over on to her side so she could breathe and stayed next to her. At this time it was around midnight and I had dozed off. She had rolled off of her side and on to her back and began choking again. I quickly rolled her onto her side to clear her airway but she rolled forward out my arms and fell onto the bedroom floor. I begged her not to give up and to please help me but she didn’t respond. After putting a pillow under her head and wrapping a blanket around her she rolled onto her stomach again and began having more difficulty breathing. I yelled at her that she needed to try but she didn’t respond. I forced open her eyes and she was unresponsive, it was then that I called 911.
In what seemed like minutes, they had stabilized her in the ER and had a CAT scan done. This is when we learned that Jodi had a tumor. We received two opinions from Billings and Utah from neurosurgeons who both concurred that the tumor was too large and the operation would be fatal.
It was Jodi’s wish that in the event that she was to die her organs would be donated to persons in need. This process has been very difficult for all of us but we all agreed that it was what Jodi had wanted.
In life Jodi was my best friend and the love of my life. She was a gift and a guiding light that made me and everyone around her a better person for having known her, laughed with her, and cried with her. There are no more words in me to describe how I feel about her right now because this wound is so raw and deep. But I can say that she will always be with me everyday beside me until we join together again in death.
Organizador y beneficiario
Sadie Balavage
Organizador
Livingston, MT
Spencer Barnett
Beneficiario