Hello everyone. My name is Diamond Hankerson and I am the oldest sister of Jayde Hankerson. We’re coming to all of you today to help raise funds for her medical bills and other expenses that may be needed for Jayde’s recovery.

If you happened to be at the NorthWest Homecoming Parade on Friday September 26th in the evening you might have noticed traffic was backed up more than usual or an ambulance was called to the homecoming parade.

It just so happens that ambulance was called for my sister Jayde Hankerson. For those that already know Jayde is an epileptic. For those that are new here Jayde is at 26 year old epileptic who sometimes has very aggressive seizures. She was diagnosed at the young age of 13 with her very first seizure. Jayde is a very soft spoken, sweet, caring, stronger than your average woman. Even with her diagnosis that still doesn’t stop Jayde from wanting to live a regular life like you and I. Loud noises, lots of excitement, flashing lights, unfortunately the list goes on for the possible things that may trigger her seizures. But that does not stop her from wanting to experience normalcy of going to things like a homecoming parade nearby her home.

While the parade was starting to come to a close, Jayde being the sweet woman she is was picking candy that was being thrown from the float off the ground and handing it to the children around her. The last time she went to grab candy she was between the truck pulling a horse trailer and in a split instant had a seizure. Seizures are unpredictable. Sometimes the seizure is fast. But the body is faster. She fell at the perfect moment in front of the horse trailer which happened to run over her very small frame. The parade was immediately stopped and she was rushed to the University of Cincinnati Medical Center.

Thankful to the fire department that transported my sister to University of Cincinnati. On her way there she did seize but again thankful to the Emergency Department who was able to settle her seizure episodes down in. A CT Scan was done and she was diagnosed with a fractured and dislocated pelvis and will needed surgery immediately. Providers were concerned that with how small her pelvis is that the screws that were needing to be placed would cause nerve damage. But with the blessed hands of the surgical team, nurses, PCA, and whoever else was involved in Jayde’s care, she was able to come out of surgery successfully on Saturday morning the 27th.

We are still not out of the woods yet. Jayde will have extensive therapy to relearn how to walk and bear weight on her right side again. She will need equipment that insurance may not cover. Medication that was already costly ontop of the other things.

Jayde and our family would appreciate any donations to help ease our transition to recovery for her. We appreciate the prayers, support and encouragement for Jayde’s healing. Please reach out to myself Diamond Hankerson at [phone redacted] or Sheri Pope at [phone redacted] with any questions