Anastasia’s recovery from Takosubo Fundraiser

Who this will help

Hello, this is Anastasia and I’m raising money to help my family survive this next month or two while I am unable to work as a medical assistant which I have been doing since 2009. I work hard and had two special needs children, Silas is 9 and autism spectrum disorder level 2, Quinten is 6 years old with hearing impairment and genetic deletions. They both attend separate special private schools to meet their unique educational needs. They are my entire world and my daughter, 18 year old Katarina is working so hard to help me care for her siblings every day as I cannot currently.

Why I'm fundraising

I’m raising money to help my family survive this next month or two while I am unable to work and we cannot afford food or gas. Bills are adding up and I cannot get a return to work until I heal. Unfortunately stress makes it very hard to heal from this condition,

quite LITERALLY.

i went into anaphylaxis during a nerve block using a new type of lidocaine. I stopped breathing but was trapped inside my body. I could not move except my hands. I used my hands to sign to my daughter and they kept her with my in trauma, put me on oxygen but did not intubate me since I was conscious somewhat. Well my oxygen was below 70 and they taped a pulse oximetry to my forehead and it was still below 70 and I guess the epinephrine kicked in… then it wore off and I went back into anaphylaxis and stopped breathing. I had respiratory acidosis and was discharged without weaning me off oxygen. I went home with my kids thinking I was gonna be fine. I’ve been through anaphylaxis before…. But something was very wrong…. I couldn’t lay down without feeling I would drown. I couldn’t think straight or find anything and I thought it was panic attacks.

my troponins were over 500 by the time

i I got to the hospital and they found ground glass “pneumonia” or fluid on my lungs but my lungs were clear. My heart was failing and my ejection fraction was 25-30%! Echo, heart cath, repeat chest scans, nitro for a few days, lasix and water pills and I’m still struggling with shortness of breath and exhaustion, low blood pressure and I’m supposed to not stress but my 9 and 6 year old are special needs and go to private schools and the tuition fees are small but along with food and gas and funding is gone for 2023 from local organizations. Even toys for tots couldn’t help us. I’m not one to ask for help but we really need it please. Please share and know everything is appreciated. I would Be at work if I could be but I’m not allowed. I also already missed two weeks after my lumbar surgery on 11/6 for lumbar laminectomy and disc decompression surgery. I’m worried with falling behind for two to three months we won’t ever catch back up and I’m struggling to feed the boys real good food and make sure they have a good Christmas!

The impact of your support

I would love to give my children and me some peace of mind we will not go without.

The children (little boys)

don’t understand and do not want my illness to change our lives negatively or have them noticing mommy is not okay.