All of you that know Sarah or, even if you don’t, please read on. To those of you who don’t here is a quick rundown. My husband TJ and I adopted Sarah sometime after her mother lost her battle with breast cancer. Janice, Sarah’s mother was a courageous, warm hearted, loving woman and I considered her one of my best friends. Her loss was our gain and we are so blessed to have gained another daughter. Funny how God woks in the way he does.
A few months ago, Sarah was diagnosed with POTS. It stands for positional orthostatic tachycardic syndrome. In layman’s terms that means when someone with POTS stands up their heart races and they get very dizzy and can pass out. Most people with POTS go on to live a normal life and symptoms can be treated with a variety of medications, nutrition, and a specific exercise routine. Sarah unfortunately, has the worse most severe case of POTS her cardiologist has ever seen in his 30+ year career. Sarah cannot sit, she cannot stand or walk. She is completely bed ridden and despite all efforts of numerous weeks in the hospital, she has not responded to any medication treatments. She has no quality of life and cannot live without 24/7 medical care in a hospital setting. She is getting worse and the team of doctors here in Colorado have exhausted all recourses and do not know what else to do for her.
Thankfully, the Mayo clinic feels they can help Sarah with further diagnostics that Colorado cannot and we are hoping and praying that their experts can find an answer to help Sarah’s condition improve. This however, comes with a price. There will be many medical expenses that will not be covered by insurance, travel fees for family that Sarah would like to be with her, etc etc etc etc…My main goal is to keep Sarah positive, push forward with whatever it takes to find an answer (we will never give up), and to keep her far away from any financial burden that this will incur. My husband and I can only do so much so, we are asking for your financial help and would be so grateful for any donations. A little bit goes a long way. We have a long road ahead of us but we will remain positive until we find an answer. I can assure you all that Sarah is in the best of hands, we love her as if she was ours from birth and, we will continue to love her for the rest of her life good, bad, or indifferent. I know many of you love her too!
I will be posting updates on her condition as they come up so please check back in. I know all of you are wanting to send your best wishes and blessings to Sarah but, please do not try to contact her directly. Please send all your love to either myself or Bill Brashier (Sarah's step father) John Grover(Sarah’s go fund me beneficiary and loving boyfriend) or myself and we will make sure Sarah gets the messages. Right now she needs to focus on nothing but fighting to get better and, trust me, this is exhausting for her. More updates to come soon, she will be medically transferred from the hospital she is currently in straight to Mayo clinic sometime this week. We are playing it day by day right now but, I will let you all know what is going on and when. Thank you all for your continued support and prayers for Sarah!
A few months ago, Sarah was diagnosed with POTS. It stands for positional orthostatic tachycardic syndrome. In layman’s terms that means when someone with POTS stands up their heart races and they get very dizzy and can pass out. Most people with POTS go on to live a normal life and symptoms can be treated with a variety of medications, nutrition, and a specific exercise routine. Sarah unfortunately, has the worse most severe case of POTS her cardiologist has ever seen in his 30+ year career. Sarah cannot sit, she cannot stand or walk. She is completely bed ridden and despite all efforts of numerous weeks in the hospital, she has not responded to any medication treatments. She has no quality of life and cannot live without 24/7 medical care in a hospital setting. She is getting worse and the team of doctors here in Colorado have exhausted all recourses and do not know what else to do for her.
Thankfully, the Mayo clinic feels they can help Sarah with further diagnostics that Colorado cannot and we are hoping and praying that their experts can find an answer to help Sarah’s condition improve. This however, comes with a price. There will be many medical expenses that will not be covered by insurance, travel fees for family that Sarah would like to be with her, etc etc etc etc…My main goal is to keep Sarah positive, push forward with whatever it takes to find an answer (we will never give up), and to keep her far away from any financial burden that this will incur. My husband and I can only do so much so, we are asking for your financial help and would be so grateful for any donations. A little bit goes a long way. We have a long road ahead of us but we will remain positive until we find an answer. I can assure you all that Sarah is in the best of hands, we love her as if she was ours from birth and, we will continue to love her for the rest of her life good, bad, or indifferent. I know many of you love her too!
I will be posting updates on her condition as they come up so please check back in. I know all of you are wanting to send your best wishes and blessings to Sarah but, please do not try to contact her directly. Please send all your love to either myself or Bill Brashier (Sarah's step father) John Grover(Sarah’s go fund me beneficiary and loving boyfriend) or myself and we will make sure Sarah gets the messages. Right now she needs to focus on nothing but fighting to get better and, trust me, this is exhausting for her. More updates to come soon, she will be medically transferred from the hospital she is currently in straight to Mayo clinic sometime this week. We are playing it day by day right now but, I will let you all know what is going on and when. Thank you all for your continued support and prayers for Sarah!
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Jt Grover
Beneficiary