
Ayla's Road to Recovery
On April 5, 2022, while vacationing in Hawaii with her siblings and dad, my step-daughter, Ayla, had a tragic accident.
Unfortunately, while on a walk to view the sunset, they found themselves in an unsafe area. The vegetation and landscape of the coast skewed how far down the beach was. Ayla quickly realized they were in a dangerous area and pushed her younger sister back to safety before falling 60-75 feet off a cliff.
She sustained several serious injuries:
Left side- Several fractures in her hip, sacrum, pelvis and T11 vertebra. As well as a large, eight inch gash resulting from being impaled by a
tree on her inner, upper thigh.
Right Side- Fractured femur in three places, four fractures in her tibia (one of which was a serious compound fracture, resulting in 2 inches of her tibia breaking off completely,) and a shattered fibula. She has what they call a "floating knee" because her knee is not connected to the tibia or femur. She also sustained several other bruises, cuts, and gashes all over her body.
After an hour-long search for her, a tourniquet was applied to her right leg (which ultimately saved her life) and dad went to get help. Meanwhile, her siblings stayed behind and helped her stay conscious.
It took 45 minutes before help arrived, an hour back up the cliff, and another 45 minutes to the hospital.
After a twenty-one-day hospital stay, she was cleared to travel home to a rehabilitation center in Utah to recover.
Since Ayla is unable to work at this time, any donations would help relieve her of the added stress of her medical bills and future surgeries still ahead. One of which will have to be a surgery for putting cadaver bone to repair the missing two inches of her tibia.
Because of the T11 break, she has no nerve receptors in her inner, upper right thigh. The entire leg (especially her upper thigh) has severe nerve damage caused by all the trauma to her leg (which feels like electrical pain along with an "on fire" type sensation.) She has no dorsal flection on her right foot (also known as "drop foot".) She currently has a "floating knee" on her right leg caused by her knee not being connected to her tibia or her femur. Right now her knee is being held in place with the rods that were put in during her second surgery.
If you are unable to donate at this time we would greatly appreciate you sharing her story.
Thank you for all your kind words, donations, love, and support at this time!