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Meet No Frills 2021 Beneficiary #2...Hope Jendreas!
Here is her story, provided by her Dad, Jeff:
Hope was born on Valentine’s day 2005, arriving early at just 26 weeks old. After spending several months in the NICU due to a Grade 4 intraventricular hemorrhage (stroke). She had an 800,000:1 chance of ever leaving the NICU alive but she made it. After enduring several spinal taps to keep the damage at a minimum she was transferred to the pediatric neurology unit at Comer Children’s Hospital.
From April to October of 2005, she had several shunt replacements and a
case of fungal meningitis. In October 2005, she was admitted back into the hospital for seizures. She required constant care and medication to keep the seizures and side effects at a minimum.
Through the years, many trips were made to the hospital, via helicopter and even ambulance from her seizures, some of which lasted as long as seven hours, intermittently. Other visits to the hospital have been for follow up appointments,
therapies, shunt revisions, surgeries, and pneumonia.
Today Hope is a nonverbal 15-year-old sophomore at York High School. She is a quadriplegic and wheelchair bound, facing a probable spinal surgery. She relies on a cough assist machine, pulse oximeter and oxygen. She enjoys swimming,
walks, hot dogs and watching SpongeBob and Dora on television.
Our goal is to make Christmas as magical as possible for Hope and her family this year, while easing their burden. Please help us in any way that you can!
Here is her story, provided by her Dad, Jeff:
Hope was born on Valentine’s day 2005, arriving early at just 26 weeks old. After spending several months in the NICU due to a Grade 4 intraventricular hemorrhage (stroke). She had an 800,000:1 chance of ever leaving the NICU alive but she made it. After enduring several spinal taps to keep the damage at a minimum she was transferred to the pediatric neurology unit at Comer Children’s Hospital.
From April to October of 2005, she had several shunt replacements and a
case of fungal meningitis. In October 2005, she was admitted back into the hospital for seizures. She required constant care and medication to keep the seizures and side effects at a minimum.
Through the years, many trips were made to the hospital, via helicopter and even ambulance from her seizures, some of which lasted as long as seven hours, intermittently. Other visits to the hospital have been for follow up appointments,
therapies, shunt revisions, surgeries, and pneumonia.
Today Hope is a nonverbal 15-year-old sophomore at York High School. She is a quadriplegic and wheelchair bound, facing a probable spinal surgery. She relies on a cough assist machine, pulse oximeter and oxygen. She enjoys swimming,
walks, hot dogs and watching SpongeBob and Dora on television.
Our goal is to make Christmas as magical as possible for Hope and her family this year, while easing their burden. Please help us in any way that you can!