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Hi, my name is Jennifer I am a single with three kids. My daughter, Jasaira lost her vision due to Bartonella henselae (cat scratch fever). It caused massive inflammation followed by retinal detachment, she's had one surgery so far where they were able to remove the inflammation but there was a pus pocket that was sitting on her optic nerve which has caused severe optic nerve damage. The surgeon doesn't think her vision will ever return, which is extremely devastating for her. This all started mid January and it happened so fast. I've had to drive her to multiple different specialist which are all over an hour away from us. Surgery was in wills eye hospital in Philadelphia. They have been great and are following up with her pretty frequently but still no vision to this day and her surgery was on the 15th of February. After doing all of research I scheduled her for a second opinion with the #1 hospital in the USA which is Bascom Palmar Eye Institute in Miami, FL to hopefully get her vision restored since they specialize with this condition. However it's expensive for flights, hotel, food and I lost my job so I'm asking for any help I can just to get her out there to be seen by this specialist, she's only 16 and she's a great kid that deserves the world and more. She lost her vision right before she was scheduled to get her drivers permit, can you imagine how heartbreaking and devastating this nightmare has been for this amazing person I take pride in calling my daughter.
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Jennifer Frisbie
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Tuckerton, NJ