Please help the Davies family
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I'm writing for Trish and Mike Davies, whom we met a few years ago in Colombia while we were going through the process of adopting our children. They adopted three older siblings: two boys - Johan and Pachito - and a girl, Daniela. We adopted two children, Santiago and Juliana. Our two families have remained good friends ever since.
Recently, the Davies have experienced physical and financial setbacks. In August 2016, Trish and to undergo surgery for hernia repair. Complications followed about a week later when her wound opened and the doctor made the decision to care for it with "wet to dry" dressings. During a dressing change, Mike and Trish realized something was terribly wrong. The would and surrounding tissue was not recognizable as human skin/tissue. After a call to the on-call surgeon, Trish was directed to the emergency room, where she was admitted. Emergency surgery was scheduled for the next day.
During this time, Trish was kind of in and out of it, but Mike was told that she had a very serious, antibiotic resistant infection called acinetobacter. After being admitted via the ER on Aug. 12, she needed six additional surgeries to keep the infection from reaching her bloodstream, which would have meant sepsis. After an additional 27 days in the hospital, she came home on Sept. 7.
Trish was pretty much restricted to being in her recliner in the living room. The only exceptions were to use the bathroom, and an occasional, escorted, walk to the kitchen and back to help reduce the horrible swelling in all her extremities. Home care was set up to have a nurse visit 3 times per week to evaluate and change dressings.
Also for 5 weeks after being discharged in September, she was on home IV therapy to continue to battle the infection. An additional trip had to be made to the ER due to possibility of infection in PICC line used for home IV. Thankfully, there was no infection.
Trish continued getting care throughout October and December, with still some physical setbacks. Consequently, these issues are hindering her from returning to her full-time job. Her 12 weeks of FMLA expired in October, but thankfully, she was just recently approved for LongTerm Disability.
Though Mike is working and has picked up a part time job, they are still down a significant salary to maintain their family of five. For the first time since they've owned their home, they have not been able to make two months of mortgage payments. They are also behind on several other bills as well, and haven't even begun to pay the medical bills they've received to date.
Here's where we can help. If you feel moved to support the Davies, any amount would be so appreciated. They are a faith-filled, caring family who value all things good. Please consider donating any amount to help in their time of need.
Thank you,
Tami and Tim Scott
Recently, the Davies have experienced physical and financial setbacks. In August 2016, Trish and to undergo surgery for hernia repair. Complications followed about a week later when her wound opened and the doctor made the decision to care for it with "wet to dry" dressings. During a dressing change, Mike and Trish realized something was terribly wrong. The would and surrounding tissue was not recognizable as human skin/tissue. After a call to the on-call surgeon, Trish was directed to the emergency room, where she was admitted. Emergency surgery was scheduled for the next day.
During this time, Trish was kind of in and out of it, but Mike was told that she had a very serious, antibiotic resistant infection called acinetobacter. After being admitted via the ER on Aug. 12, she needed six additional surgeries to keep the infection from reaching her bloodstream, which would have meant sepsis. After an additional 27 days in the hospital, she came home on Sept. 7.
Trish was pretty much restricted to being in her recliner in the living room. The only exceptions were to use the bathroom, and an occasional, escorted, walk to the kitchen and back to help reduce the horrible swelling in all her extremities. Home care was set up to have a nurse visit 3 times per week to evaluate and change dressings.
Also for 5 weeks after being discharged in September, she was on home IV therapy to continue to battle the infection. An additional trip had to be made to the ER due to possibility of infection in PICC line used for home IV. Thankfully, there was no infection.
Trish continued getting care throughout October and December, with still some physical setbacks. Consequently, these issues are hindering her from returning to her full-time job. Her 12 weeks of FMLA expired in October, but thankfully, she was just recently approved for LongTerm Disability.
Though Mike is working and has picked up a part time job, they are still down a significant salary to maintain their family of five. For the first time since they've owned their home, they have not been able to make two months of mortgage payments. They are also behind on several other bills as well, and haven't even begun to pay the medical bills they've received to date.
Here's where we can help. If you feel moved to support the Davies, any amount would be so appreciated. They are a faith-filled, caring family who value all things good. Please consider donating any amount to help in their time of need.
Thank you,
Tami and Tim Scott
Organizer and beneficiary
Tami Scott
Organizer
Liverpool, NY
Trish Dietz Davies
Beneficiary