Jessica's stomach condition
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My name is Priscilla,
This is for my sister. This is her story.
(UPDATED as of 2/24/19 scroll down)
(see update from 3/28/19)
I honestly don't even know where to begin. On March 19th and the 21st i ended up in the ER after a night Of what i didn't know would be my last day of work and last day of a normal life, for severe vomiting, so I much that I almost couldn't breathe. It's too hard to go through the details that led to that horrible night, but since that day I've gotten esophagitis of the throat and moderately severe gastritis (where I could not keep food down and experienced severe abdominal discomfort while eating) of the stomach , undergone gallbladder surgery, and recently diagnosed with moderate to severe gastroparesis.
I lost 50+ pounds in 5 months following my week long hospital visit and have ended up in the ER over 10 times and the hospital twice. As I was being treated for gastritis things seemed to get better but then only got worse. It was a domino affect. How did I go from basically healthy to throwing up my insides landing in a hospital, suppose to be healing from gastritis. To this? To this torture I'm facing every day from pains to aches. To just things I can't describe.
Spending my birthday and My own mothers birthday severely ill made me wonder what i did to deserve this. It has been a nightmare and scary everyday since.
My single mother i know wishes she could do everything but with my job loss we can't afford the extra necessities i now need because of my stomach impairment and major food restrictions. A diet of protein almond milk with store brand rice Chex is all I have been able thank stomach, keeping me from starving myself completely until we get some kind of miracle and maybe JUST maybe find alternative medicine to treat this as my stomach has rejected 99% of prescriptions it's been given. Although we are afraid my condition has gotten too severe for treatment. Still we hope
I wouldn't be what little strength i have left i if it weren't for my mother and my sister. I cannot put such a financial burden on her shoulders.
Every donation we get will mean a million dollars to us. With my current condition my outlook can go either way, we just hope soon it's up.
New goal : IPad Pro 11 / Apple pencil ver2 to improve my workflow so I may draw easier and more often than now and for medicine ($60 per month )
Main goals : moving out with my family into a new home and a getting a powered foldable wheelchair
update 2019 :
See update from 2/2/2019 and IDrawtoothpicks /therosejedi for updates on my health


This is for my sister. This is her story.
(UPDATED as of 2/24/19 scroll down)
(see update from 3/28/19)
I honestly don't even know where to begin. On March 19th and the 21st i ended up in the ER after a night Of what i didn't know would be my last day of work and last day of a normal life, for severe vomiting, so I much that I almost couldn't breathe. It's too hard to go through the details that led to that horrible night, but since that day I've gotten esophagitis of the throat and moderately severe gastritis (where I could not keep food down and experienced severe abdominal discomfort while eating) of the stomach , undergone gallbladder surgery, and recently diagnosed with moderate to severe gastroparesis.
I lost 50+ pounds in 5 months following my week long hospital visit and have ended up in the ER over 10 times and the hospital twice. As I was being treated for gastritis things seemed to get better but then only got worse. It was a domino affect. How did I go from basically healthy to throwing up my insides landing in a hospital, suppose to be healing from gastritis. To this? To this torture I'm facing every day from pains to aches. To just things I can't describe.
Spending my birthday and My own mothers birthday severely ill made me wonder what i did to deserve this. It has been a nightmare and scary everyday since.
My single mother i know wishes she could do everything but with my job loss we can't afford the extra necessities i now need because of my stomach impairment and major food restrictions. A diet of protein almond milk with store brand rice Chex is all I have been able thank stomach, keeping me from starving myself completely until we get some kind of miracle and maybe JUST maybe find alternative medicine to treat this as my stomach has rejected 99% of prescriptions it's been given. Although we are afraid my condition has gotten too severe for treatment. Still we hope
I wouldn't be what little strength i have left i if it weren't for my mother and my sister. I cannot put such a financial burden on her shoulders.
Every donation we get will mean a million dollars to us. With my current condition my outlook can go either way, we just hope soon it's up.
New goal : IPad Pro 11 / Apple pencil ver2 to improve my workflow so I may draw easier and more often than now and for medicine ($60 per month )
Main goals : moving out with my family into a new home and a getting a powered foldable wheelchair
update 2019 :
See update from 2/2/2019 and IDrawtoothpicks /therosejedi for updates on my health


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Jessica Pittington
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Fairfax, VA
