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Help Amy adapt and overcome

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Amy has been battling infections for a couple years now. This year has been particularly difficult as Amy has spent 225 days of 2018 in the hospital. Recently she had a pocket infection on her pacemaker which required removal. During surgery there were complications with removing the old leads, so surgeons had to crack open her chest to fix it and place a new pacemaker. With this surgery, Amy can't use her arms for 12 weeks until the chest heals. As a paraplegic, this causes many complications since she uses a Wheelchair daily to be independent. This poses an even larger challenge then healing. In order for Amy to come home, she will need some more adaptive equipment to keep some form of independence. She will need a power chair to help her stay mobile and later a power assist as she heals to eventually transition back into her Manual wheelchair. Amy is hopeful that she will make a full recovery to return to do some of the things she loves. She hopes to get back to coaching Rolling Panthers, Youth Wheelchair Basketball team here in Iowa. Being an active board member for SportAbility of Iowa to help provide more adaptive sports opportunities in Iowa. They believe in the #AdaptOvercome motto of SportAbility and Rolling Panthers. Please consider helping them get the needed equipment to get her through recovery and help with needed  expenses.

They will need Ramp for front door, new manual wheelchair that's better fitted $4,500. Help with house cleaning and care for Amy when she comes home. New front load washer and dryer to have easier access to keep up on laundry. They will quickly go over the home health care limit needed and will have to cover this care out of pocket.
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Donations 

  • Deb Hobbs
    • $100
    • 6 yrs
  • Michelle Kaiser
    • $100
    • 6 yrs
  • Anonymous
    • $50
    • 6 yrs
  • Anonymous
    • $10
    • 6 yrs
  • Anonymous
    • $100
    • 6 yrs
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Organizer and beneficiary

Shelli Stafford
Organizer
Wellman, IA
Amy Cornwell-Van Der Kamp
Beneficiary

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