For all that know Brittany, she is definitely a sarcastic, fun loving, and adventurous person. Luck has not been on her side for quite some time. Last year, she had complications with her eyes and now unfortunately, she became ill and is currently hospitalized for an infection.
After receiving the first dose of the Covid vaccine, she noticed a small lump in her neck. Believing that it was a normal reaction to her fighting off the vaccine, it began to grow rapidly to about the size of half a tennis ball. We knew then, something probably wasn’t right. We went to an urgent care and then an ER, where steroids and oral antibiotics were prescribed, but it still continued to grow and become more painful. She started having extreme pain and discomfort in her neck and ended up back in the ER, where she was placed on sepsis protocol and giving IV antibiotics. After having a CT Scan of her neck, She had to have emergency surgery to initially drain the infection and have a tube placed in her neck to continue to drain the infection. The original thought of how the infection occurred was because of her prior oral surgery to have her wisdom teeth removed, but after the exploratory surgery, the doctors are not positive exactly the source of the infection. She is stable and on round the clock IV antibiotics. She is currently waiting to have an evaluation with an ENT doctor.
She’s currently not allowed to have any visitors, so this time has been especially rough for her. As we all know, insurance coverage is an unknown and only covers so much.
Even if you cannot donate, please try and reach out to her during this difficult time. Thank you all for taking the time to read this.