Medical Bills

Hi, my name is Alyssa I am Jerrits sister for anyone who doesn’t know me. I am creating this to help him with medical bills in the future. He has a long road ahead of him! I will also try to add updates in here as much as possible.

To anyone who doesn’t know what has happened. Here is the beginning.

Jerrit fell and hit his head on a random piece of concrete about 1am. He was taken to the ER for what was thought to be a gash to the back of his head. When I got there I was told there was probable skull fractures because of the blood coming out of his nose and ear. Then they told me he would need to be put into a medically induced coma for his safety due to his alcohol content (birthday boy 21) and vomiting. Then they could safely do the head scans. The scans came back worse than the doctor expected. There are several bleed sites and much swelling. He was given the medication to help with the swelling. Arrangements were made for him to be care flighted to Sioux Falls to Avera McKennan but I changed it to Sanford. He flew out about 4:20 and we are here now.

5am He had an emergency surgery to remove a piece of bone to get to a subdural hematoma and drain the blood pooling. He came through that like a champ.

9am He is now in the ICU resting and with hopefully have the breathing tube removed tomorrow. Today they will be lowering his sedation at times for neurological testing. He broke one set of restraints and now we try to have a family member present. Always stubborn my boy is.

Your thoughts and prayers have been so appreciated. Each and every one.