Help Jessie Walk Again With Keeogo
Donation protected
Gofundme – Help Jessie Walk Again with Keeogo!!
Please help with funding the purchase of Keeogo robotic dermoskeleton for Jessie Gregory.
Hello everyone my name is Jessie Gregory, I’m an athlete, a student, a survivor, and today I am asking for your help to let me walk again. I was in a motor vehicle accident on Nov 30, 2008, were I was working as a security officer responding to an alarm at a local high school. While heading into the school I was hit by a vehicle leaving me paralyzed, with a spinal cord injury, neck injury and a brain injury. Since my accident, I have been doing everything that the doctors want me to do. I have irreversible damage to my spinal cord, nerve damage to my legs and hands, damage to my L4 & L5 Discs and damage to my S1 nerve root. This has limited me to using a wheelchair to get around, the last 2 years I has been working very hard to get walking again but because of the paralysis and the fact that I can’t fully feel me legs progress has been limited.
I am a National Athlete playing as the starting goalie on the Canadian Women’s National Sledge hockey team. I was one of the Brantford Recipients of the 2012 Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal and was one of the 2015 Ontario PanAm Torch Bearers in 2015. I have worked so hard not only to excel in sport, but in school, work and day-to-day areas of life. Before my accident, I was very active training 7 days per week working towards become a police officer, playing sports, working, coaching sports and refereeing sports. I previously attended college at Fanshawe College where I graduated from Police Foundations, where my goal was to become a police officer but this all changed after my accident. Since my accident, I have been trying to figure out what I am going to do for the rest of my life. In 2014 I decided to go back to school in the field that I am very passionate about, the Health, Wellness and Fitness industry where I will be graduating this coming June 2017. Going back to school was a big challenge for me since it was 9 years since I had been in school, I had to take to school with a very different outlook than the previous time I had been in College. I love being in this field, the Keeogo will not only help me with everyday life but will also make a world of a difference for my career. Giving me the ability to do things that I have not been able to do since before my accident.
I have struggled these last 8 years with trying to walk. I can walk a bit now, but not for very long or far without a lot of difficulties, nor can I stand for long periods of time. I was introduced to the Keeogo Dermoskeleton (link) in 2016 by one of my fellow sledge hockey players Julia Hanes. Julia explained to me what the Keeogo is and how they have helped her with mobility and daily life. Subsequently, I had the opportunity to be in a research project with McMaster University in March 2017 where I tried out the Keeogo.
In an instant, my life changed, I had renewed hope that I would in fact be able to walk again. During the study, I did testing to see the difference the Keeogo makes in daily activities. While completing tests including walking, stairclimbing and sit to stands, there was a significant improvement in my mobility. I could walk longer, further, walking with proper body mechanics, not being as tired after, being able to stand longer, and being able to walk up stairs without assistance. The freedom and independence that this device has given to me was like no other. There are no words to describe how amazing it was to be able to these things that I could not do since before my accident. With the Keeogo I was able to walk in a normal, unrestricted manner, walk up stairs, squat, do lunges, and sit to stand without having to use assistance for the first time in over 8 years. The amazing strength, stability, security, and freedom that this device offers me has changed everything for daily life. Being able to get out of my wheelchair and walk is one of the greatest feelings that you can imagine, especially when you haven’t had that freedom in almost a decade.
I will not be able to wear the device for free, I will have to pay for it. I would do anything to be able to get to keep the device. I cannot fathom losing all of these abilities again. I know better now, I know I don’t have to struggle every day. I know I am capable of so many things. But unfortunately, as a student, putting myself through school paying the $41,000 including tax for the device isn't possible, not to mention the maintenance cost of $6400 per year. Unfortunately, as the device is still considered experimental it is not covered by any government or external insurance. I am reaching out to numerous organizations, friends, and family to help. I humbly ask if you can make any donation to help me get to keep my freedom, to keep my body from once again being my prison. If you are able and willing to donate I thank you so much from the bottom of my heart. It means the world to me to be able to walk again and keep my freedom. I have the Keeogo for a 21 day trial, after the trail I have to decide if I am purchasing them. I have until the end of this trial to raise the funds to purchase them.
Thank you in advance for your time and consideration.
Yours Truly,
Jessie Gregory
Please help with funding the purchase of Keeogo robotic dermoskeleton for Jessie Gregory.
Hello everyone my name is Jessie Gregory, I’m an athlete, a student, a survivor, and today I am asking for your help to let me walk again. I was in a motor vehicle accident on Nov 30, 2008, were I was working as a security officer responding to an alarm at a local high school. While heading into the school I was hit by a vehicle leaving me paralyzed, with a spinal cord injury, neck injury and a brain injury. Since my accident, I have been doing everything that the doctors want me to do. I have irreversible damage to my spinal cord, nerve damage to my legs and hands, damage to my L4 & L5 Discs and damage to my S1 nerve root. This has limited me to using a wheelchair to get around, the last 2 years I has been working very hard to get walking again but because of the paralysis and the fact that I can’t fully feel me legs progress has been limited.
I am a National Athlete playing as the starting goalie on the Canadian Women’s National Sledge hockey team. I was one of the Brantford Recipients of the 2012 Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal and was one of the 2015 Ontario PanAm Torch Bearers in 2015. I have worked so hard not only to excel in sport, but in school, work and day-to-day areas of life. Before my accident, I was very active training 7 days per week working towards become a police officer, playing sports, working, coaching sports and refereeing sports. I previously attended college at Fanshawe College where I graduated from Police Foundations, where my goal was to become a police officer but this all changed after my accident. Since my accident, I have been trying to figure out what I am going to do for the rest of my life. In 2014 I decided to go back to school in the field that I am very passionate about, the Health, Wellness and Fitness industry where I will be graduating this coming June 2017. Going back to school was a big challenge for me since it was 9 years since I had been in school, I had to take to school with a very different outlook than the previous time I had been in College. I love being in this field, the Keeogo will not only help me with everyday life but will also make a world of a difference for my career. Giving me the ability to do things that I have not been able to do since before my accident.
I have struggled these last 8 years with trying to walk. I can walk a bit now, but not for very long or far without a lot of difficulties, nor can I stand for long periods of time. I was introduced to the Keeogo Dermoskeleton (link) in 2016 by one of my fellow sledge hockey players Julia Hanes. Julia explained to me what the Keeogo is and how they have helped her with mobility and daily life. Subsequently, I had the opportunity to be in a research project with McMaster University in March 2017 where I tried out the Keeogo.
In an instant, my life changed, I had renewed hope that I would in fact be able to walk again. During the study, I did testing to see the difference the Keeogo makes in daily activities. While completing tests including walking, stairclimbing and sit to stands, there was a significant improvement in my mobility. I could walk longer, further, walking with proper body mechanics, not being as tired after, being able to stand longer, and being able to walk up stairs without assistance. The freedom and independence that this device has given to me was like no other. There are no words to describe how amazing it was to be able to these things that I could not do since before my accident. With the Keeogo I was able to walk in a normal, unrestricted manner, walk up stairs, squat, do lunges, and sit to stand without having to use assistance for the first time in over 8 years. The amazing strength, stability, security, and freedom that this device offers me has changed everything for daily life. Being able to get out of my wheelchair and walk is one of the greatest feelings that you can imagine, especially when you haven’t had that freedom in almost a decade.
I will not be able to wear the device for free, I will have to pay for it. I would do anything to be able to get to keep the device. I cannot fathom losing all of these abilities again. I know better now, I know I don’t have to struggle every day. I know I am capable of so many things. But unfortunately, as a student, putting myself through school paying the $41,000 including tax for the device isn't possible, not to mention the maintenance cost of $6400 per year. Unfortunately, as the device is still considered experimental it is not covered by any government or external insurance. I am reaching out to numerous organizations, friends, and family to help. I humbly ask if you can make any donation to help me get to keep my freedom, to keep my body from once again being my prison. If you are able and willing to donate I thank you so much from the bottom of my heart. It means the world to me to be able to walk again and keep my freedom. I have the Keeogo for a 21 day trial, after the trail I have to decide if I am purchasing them. I have until the end of this trial to raise the funds to purchase them.
Thank you in advance for your time and consideration.
Yours Truly,
Jessie Gregory
Organizer
Jessie E Gregory
Organizer
Welland, ON