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Nita’s Heartbeats to Recovery

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My grandma is the strongest woman I know. She has always given to others and asked for nothing in return, this is our family's turn to return the favor to her and do everything in our power to help her during this difficult time. Several years ago, she was diagnosed with an enlarged heart and a pacemaker was put in to make her life easier. She has since not been able to work as it would cause too much strain on her. She has been in great health for years. At the end of July all of that changed. She went into vtach(lower areas of the heart chamber beat too quickly) suddenly and was rushed to the ER. She was released within a week. She was taken back to the ER a few more times in the month of August. On the final visit they had to admit her for a more permanent stay. They advised that if she were to leave, she would not survive on her own without round-the-clock care. The hospital attempted to correct the issue with a heart ablation in the hopes that she may be able to go home and would no longer go into Vtach. After eight areas in the heart where handle two areas were too invasive to touch. After the first 24 hours of recovery her heart did not take to the ablation, and she went back into vtach causing her blood pressure to skyrocket. She was then airlifted from Mississippi where she lives to Tennessee to be seen by the most reputable heart doctors in the country. We have since been advised that she cannot leave and will need a heart transplant.

Due to the urgency for a new heart and this being very unexpected for us our family is working round the clock to find support and take turns to be by her side week by week. Since she cannot leave the hospital until a heart may become available. The Hospital needs us to have someone with her 24/7 on top of their staff to monitor her daily. At this time, we can only use family support in the hospital and will need to save every penny for aftercare and before care while we wait for a heart.

Many family members have had to drop everything to be by her side during this time and the expenses to travel, pay for food and fuel have begun to stack up on us all. My mother, Nita’s sister, and her niece have done everything they can to be by her side since this began. Nita was officially placed on the transplant list as of the week of September 1st and will need to relocate to Nashville while we wait. My mother will be relocating as soon as possible to be by her side. With the aftercare and before care she will be in Nashville for approximately 8-12 months. My sister and I cannot be there to help them at this time as I recently had a baby the week she was airlifted to Tennessee. This has been the most stressful time for our family as I cannot travel to be there and help with the in-patient care at the hospital, and we all live out of state. The hospital has advised that we need over 15k for some of the aftercare expenses and we also need to reach a goal of 30-40K to afford family expenses for travel and lodging as everyone takes turns to be by her side for all her before and after care needs.

Please keep her and our family in your prayers during this time. We all want to make sure that once she is in recovery, she will have no unnecessary stress. I want to make sure she is fully taken care of and that we are able to cover all her expenses so she may meet her newest grand baby. We truly appreciate anything even if it is just to share this amongst your friends and family as every penny counts towards our goal. Feel free to leave her an encouraging message during this tough time so we may read to her about all of her supporters.
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  • Southerland Patricia
    • $175
    • 1 yr
  • Miller Rhodes
    • $100
    • 1 yr
  • Robert De Vries
    • $100
    • 1 yr
  • ashley stogner
    • $20
    • 1 yr
  • Miller Rhodes
    • $25
    • 1 yr
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Mercedes Marranzino
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Nashville, TN
Shannon Roberts
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