Hi, my name is Toni and I am fundraising to help my wonderful cousin Jenna. She was recently hospitalized and in Neuro Critical Care for 4 days due to a spontaneous interior carotid artery dissection. Her artery is also 100% occluded at the base of her skull due to the tear and she also had blood clots. Jenna thought she was having an ocular migraine and ignored the partial blindness and other symptoms for several days before going to the ER for help. She was expecting a migraine cocktail injection and to be sent on her way, the ER doctor said the "aura" should have only lasted a couple of hours so she insisted it wasn't an aura and they needed to do a CT. We are so grateful to God for giving Jenna the discernment to go to the ER and the doctor discernment and protection over Jenna as the CT immediately revealed the dissection. All the doctors were shocked she didn't have a massive stroke, they all said 100% of people with this condition suffer at least one stroke and TIAs. Jenna remained on stroke watch for 4 days while she also received high dose blood thinners to eliminate the clots. Treatment was successful, her symptoms mostly resolved and she was able to go home on oral blood thinners and anticoagulants. It's estimated that the dissection will take 3 months to heal. Jenna has medical insurance however she has a high deductible and co-insurance so the bill from the hospital is hefty at $7,500 and still climbing. Jenna had anticipated being able to return to work on January 22nd but after meeting with her Cardiologist he determined it would be detrimental to her health and healing to return so quickly. It's estimated she will be out of work until at least February 12th, this is causing a financial hardship for her as she has no available paid time off. In order to support her body in healing she needs to limit stress as much as possible so I'm hoping we can help to alleviate some of her financial stress and help her heal. Jenna is currently staying full time with her mom for physical support as her activity level is greatly restricted and her husband Tyler has to continue working to support his family which includes two sons ages 8 & 4, he works very hard and lots of hours so support from her mom and family is necessary. Please if you are led to, consider donating to help my cousin who constantly does so much for everyone else.