Katie Odell

So many people want to help Katie and her family beyond the praying and food preparation. We created a small "go fund me" account for Katie in case friends and family want to help provide financial support for hotels, travel, kid's activities house cleaning etc.. while the Odell family manages this ongoing situation. Thank you for your support. Katie's Story Thank you all so much for your support of Katie and her family. It has been an extremely difficult week. Katie had sudden onset of double vision last Wednesday when she woke up, and has went through a battery of tests, multiple ER visits, MRIs and CT scans.  After her first admission to Albany Medical Center on Friday night, the Neurosurgical team believed that Katie had a rare cavernoma that bled in her brainstem. This was a scary diagnosis, and one that had no option for treatment except watch and wait. She stayed in the Neuro step down for 3+ days, and was discharged on Tuesday 4/24. She had a nice, but challenging few days at home enjoying the kids, the routine, their wonderful home, and some fresh air/sun. Her symptoms of impaired vision, difficultly walking, left facial weakness and speech difficulties continued to worsen, so ultimately on Friday, 4/27, we brought Katie back to Albany Medical Center a second time. They again performed a CT scan and MRI and it seems the lesion they initially thought to be a cavernoma had grown in the last 4 days, leading the neurosurgical team to believe this lesion is not a cavernoma, but something else. So, Katie has now been admitted to the Surgical ICU for a battery of tests to try to figure out what is happening and what course of treatment is best.  Katie's spirits are good, and she remains that fighting, spirited individual that we all know and adore. The love between Ryan and Katie is so strong and supportive. She continues to try to organize sporting events, carpools, and school events from the ICU.  From the bottom of our hearts, we appreciate every prayer, word of support and love that any of you can offer. The need for the meal train to continue would be helpful to those watching the kids. Please sign up if you have not already. Also use this site to comment if you would like as texts and emails have become difficult to manage and respond to. We will read your messages to Katie as she loves to hear from her friends and family. Please share this site with anyone that we have not included. We welcome every ounce of support we can get!!