Hope for Kara with service K9
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My name is kara rapien I suffer an irreversible heart condition brought on by seeking care for a nervous break down.
My current diagnosis are: irregular heart rythmn with chronic orthostatic blood pressures resulting in black outs, anorexia, chronic anxiety, depression, PTSD and RSD in left foot.
Prior to my nervous breakdown I was strongest person you knew and great leader. Also prior to the breakdown our family had major traumas and misfortunes in a very short period of time. My foot was injured leaving nerve damage that requires weekly sympathetic blocks and now surgery, but can't get medical clearance now so I live in constant pain and a boot. In the summer we had a devastating trauma. My daughter was raped. This is when the shift started happening in me. My job is super demanding and I was dealing with my foot and now this. Devastated is an understatement. I watched her cry , listened to every detail, lay in her bed at night while she kicked and screamed out from flash backs. I carried her emotions with me as if I were the one violated. Our lives changed forever. The perpetrator was found guilty so that was 1 win for us, but my daughter needed help she was acting out and would sleep for 13 hrs at a time and vomit a lot. We spent so much money getting he r the right help. We sent her to Chicago for trauma therapy. Because of the costs, we were falling behind on bills and house payment. More added stress. I kept it all in. While she was away my grandma was dying. I got the call to come to nursing home since I'm a nurse to help. This happened Mothers Day weekend. I was there Fri-Mon when she passed. As a care taker of course I put my self aside to take over her care. On Sat before she passed I witnessed the worst suffocation I had ever seen in my nursing career. She was suffering with terminal congestion and there wasn't a suction Machine. I looked her directly in her eyes and watched her face turned blue pop blood vessels and her eyes roll in back of her head. I was traumatized. I was stuck with being a nurse and a granddaughter. No one knows what that feels like unless you have gone through it. I sought treatment for the breakdown, but in turn I almost died. They were giving me drugs that should not have been given together. Blood pressures we 50/34 couldn't walk, or speak. I was trapped in my body. I had to be hospitalized 4 times since June and 4 treatment centers. My last residential treatment by far was most help full, still not medically stable or emotionally. They recommended a service dog. These dogs are popular with veterans with PTSD, however my service dog would detect when my heart is racing or weak and about to pass out. It will wake me from nightmares and can detect the neuro chemicals my body gives off when panic attack is coming on. It will serve multiple purposes for health, depression, PTSD and the anxiety,as well as, stability with getting around.
We are fighting to keep our house and financially strapped. The low cost of a trained service dog is about $12,000. The need for this dog is my only hope to try to live a more independent life with quality and purpose. Without help from others, I won't get the much needed help from a service dog. I will again start having to be away from my family for months at a time and risk my heart giving out.
Please take the time to read my story and go to the link provided to learn more about the benefits of a true service dog.
Thank you for visiting my page and allowing me to share my story.
www.dogwish.org/PTSD-service-dogs.html
me between treatments. Much healthier then
my beautiful granny
my daughter and I prior to my breakdown.
My name is kara rapien I suffer an irreversible heart condition brought on by seeking care for a nervous break down.
My current diagnosis are: irregular heart rythmn with chronic orthostatic blood pressures resulting in black outs, anorexia, chronic anxiety, depression, PTSD and RSD in left foot.
Prior to my nervous breakdown I was strongest person you knew and great leader. Also prior to the breakdown our family had major traumas and misfortunes in a very short period of time. My foot was injured leaving nerve damage that requires weekly sympathetic blocks and now surgery, but can't get medical clearance now so I live in constant pain and a boot. In the summer we had a devastating trauma. My daughter was raped. This is when the shift started happening in me. My job is super demanding and I was dealing with my foot and now this. Devastated is an understatement. I watched her cry , listened to every detail, lay in her bed at night while she kicked and screamed out from flash backs. I carried her emotions with me as if I were the one violated. Our lives changed forever. The perpetrator was found guilty so that was 1 win for us, but my daughter needed help she was acting out and would sleep for 13 hrs at a time and vomit a lot. We spent so much money getting he r the right help. We sent her to Chicago for trauma therapy. Because of the costs, we were falling behind on bills and house payment. More added stress. I kept it all in. While she was away my grandma was dying. I got the call to come to nursing home since I'm a nurse to help. This happened Mothers Day weekend. I was there Fri-Mon when she passed. As a care taker of course I put my self aside to take over her care. On Sat before she passed I witnessed the worst suffocation I had ever seen in my nursing career. She was suffering with terminal congestion and there wasn't a suction Machine. I looked her directly in her eyes and watched her face turned blue pop blood vessels and her eyes roll in back of her head. I was traumatized. I was stuck with being a nurse and a granddaughter. No one knows what that feels like unless you have gone through it. I sought treatment for the breakdown, but in turn I almost died. They were giving me drugs that should not have been given together. Blood pressures we 50/34 couldn't walk, or speak. I was trapped in my body. I had to be hospitalized 4 times since June and 4 treatment centers. My last residential treatment by far was most help full, still not medically stable or emotionally. They recommended a service dog. These dogs are popular with veterans with PTSD, however my service dog would detect when my heart is racing or weak and about to pass out. It will wake me from nightmares and can detect the neuro chemicals my body gives off when panic attack is coming on. It will serve multiple purposes for health, depression, PTSD and the anxiety,as well as, stability with getting around.
We are fighting to keep our house and financially strapped. The low cost of a trained service dog is about $12,000. The need for this dog is my only hope to try to live a more independent life with quality and purpose. Without help from others, I won't get the much needed help from a service dog. I will again start having to be away from my family for months at a time and risk my heart giving out.
Please take the time to read my story and go to the link provided to learn more about the benefits of a true service dog.
Thank you for visiting my page and allowing me to share my story.
www.dogwish.org/PTSD-service-dogs.html
me between treatments. Much healthier then
my beautiful granny
my daughter and I prior to my breakdown.
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Bruce Kara Maloney Rapien
Organizer
New Baden, IL