Surgery June 21st again. Every little bit helps me and my babies, Recent car repairs has been a major setback.
***SURGERY UPDATE
Had surgery again couple days ago due to chiari malformation. It causes so many other issues due to nerve damage. it has affected my digestive system so i have to take meds just to help digest my food. Also have spinal cord nerve damage along with blood pressure and heart rate problems.
My name is Jody, and I am the proud mother of two wonderful children- a ten year old boy, and an eleven year old girl. They are my everything! I am also an 8 yr navy veteran. 2015 didn’t exactly go as we had planned. In 2014 I had a surgical fusion in my neck as treatment for long-term issues with the vertebrae. Almost 3 weeks post op i ended up with pulmonary embolism ( blood clot in lung) which kept me on bedrest in the hodpital the entire week of thanksgiving away from my babies. In 2015, I started experiencing a new set of symptoms- migraines, dizziness, confusion, memory loss, horribke fatigue, weak muscles and alot of joint pain and very blured vision- the list is never-ending. Suffered 2 concussions due to losing my balace. All my symptoms were leading to MS. I was diagnosed with Chiari 1 Malformation, which essentially means that my cerebellum (brain) has fallen out of my skull and entering my spinal canal. There is immense pressure on my spinal cord and brainstem. In order to fix this problem, the plan is to undergo surgery once again in January. You can find more information about Chiari Malformation here: http://www.ninds.nih.gov/disorders/chiari/detail_chiari.htm
Currently my doctors are not willing to release me to return to work ever full time and recommend permanent disability due to extensive medical history , and because the social security disability process is so tedious and difficult to attain, my children and I do not yet receive these benefits. Applied in april and just recently denied so in appeal process now. I humbly come to my friends and little family that i have for help or please share this. I need help getting through the next few months. Some things donations will be put towards include car insurance, renewal of my driver’s license (it expired in December ), rent and utility payments. Also for my children to keep thier life as normal as possible. They are currently in extra curricular activities and sports. Any donation, no matter how small, will be beneficial to me and my children. If you would like to make a donation directly to me, please send me a message and can provide my address. Donations through GoFundMe are subject to GoFundMe’s percentage taken for the company, but the majority will come to me. Direct donations will benefit us in their entirety. I would never have dreamt that I would have to resort to this, but I am running out of resources. If you have a church or other organization that may also be able to help my family, please let me know this as well.Thank you so very much for your time. -Jody Sprafka
http://www.ninds.nih.gov/disorders/chiari/detail_chiari.htm