Support Alys healing journey

On the night of May 6th, Alysha Cholas (our 24 year old daughter) was getting ready for bed when she all of a sudden fell over and became unresponsive. Her amazing fiance, Cody, and family called an ambulence and she was rushed to the hospital where they found a blood clot in her brain. The medical team started her on medication to reduce it, however quickly realized that it needed to be removed. They transferred her to a neurological center where they performed two surgeries. The first was to clear the clot and the doctor was able to confirm that she suffered a massive stroke. She was showing signs of getting better, but then several hours after, began to degrade. They found that her brain was swelling and there was internal bleeding; all symptoms of the stroke. In order to eliminate further brain damage they removed a part of her skull plate. After the second surgery, she has been coming out of sedation very slowly. The doctors suspect that she will not have much use of the right side of her body as well as lose the ability to speak. This is going to require a long road of rehab and home care for Aly while she finds her way.

Both of her parents, Chris and Gayla, were able to quickly get on planes over to the UK to join Cody, Sunnie (Aly and Cody's 8 month old daughter) and his family and have been able to sit with her for a short visiting hour each day. She has already started showing signs of remembering her loved ones and continues to make small wins each day on her journey to recovery.

Aly is an amazing woman. She is a fighter. Her eyes and laughter light up every room she enters. Her and Cody have already been through so much with the loss of their first daughter, Aurora. She has been so courageous in their dream of starting a family and is the best mother.

Our family loves them all so much and we are hopeful that all of these hurdles will be overcome with time. We will be doing all we can to support the three of them as Aly heals but appreciate all the help others have offered. We are so thankful for the support system we have. Thank you to those who have reached out already.