Mayo Clinic: Round Two

Mayo Clinic: Round Two 



Tristin is one of my closest friends, and the bond we share is one of the deepest I’ve ever encountered in a friendship. From the day I met her, which was almost six years ago now, I knew there was something intensely genuine about her.

She always has a smile for anyone she crosses paths with. She will quite literally give you the shirt off her back if you needed it. And no matter how hard her day has been, she never takes it out on others. She has a glow about her that’s intoxicating. She’s a light that you didn’t know you needed.

She has made it her life’s purpose to help others, but now, she needs our help.

Tristin is a fighter, and since I’ve known her, she’s been fighting like hell for her health. Little did I know upon becoming friends, she’s been doing it her entire life. Though, the last 15 years have been the most difficult for her. 



In 2017, Tristin went to the Mayo Clinic for the first time, and was able to establish a few huge pieces to her health puzzle, but not all. She was diagnosed with Hashimoto’s Disease and has been working with local doctors ever since that diagnoses to find further answers.

However, in April of 2020, she was hospitalize three separate times with uncontrollable vomiting and fainting due to complications with what they thought was her autoimmune conditions. 



Doctors currently do not know what’s causing these symptoms, and she has now started to exhibit frequent and dangerous neurological symptoms that cannot go untreated. Where she used to simply pick up a glass from the coffee table, her body now makes big, gross movements, and instead of just picking up the glass, she ends up clearing off the entire table with one lunge of her arm.



With that, doctors have suggested Tristin be sent back to Mayo immediately, as they are now looking for things like early onset Parkinson’s Disease or ALS. Mayo accepted her case in less than 48 hours and she leaves Sunday for a minimum of one week.



This is already a scary and uncertain time, both health wise and financially, and to be facing something as frightening as this on top of it all is unfathomable to me. But she does it. She gets up every day, and fights for answers, for her health, and her life. Tristin has been there for me in more ways than one over the years, in ways I’ll never be able to fully express my gratitude for, and I hope that this next trip to Mayo will be the last, and that she receives solid answers with solid plans, and that she can continue to be the vibrant, beautiful soul I know and love dearly. 



If you can help Tristin in anyway, your donation will be deeply appreciated. 



All my love & gratitude,


Stephannie