Support for Darryl Wanyandie

Back in September Darryl was home sick with Covid, he did his time, recovered then went back on with life as usual. On November 5th Darryl worked his last day of work. He started getting dizzy spells, losing balance, and could not keep food down.

Darryl had been to numerous doctor appointments where they figured it was just aftereffects from his Covid or possibly vertigo. However, Darryl's siblings knew something more was going on as Darryl was losing a considerable amount of weight and was not himself.

On December 28th Darryl had an episode and was taken to the hospital. After realizing that Darryl could not see properly then they decided to send him to Grande Prairie for an MRI. They thought that possibly Darryl had a minor stroke while he was home alone with Covid. The tests in GP found swealing in his head so they wanted him to go to the U of A hospital in Edmonton for more tests. The tests in Edmonton showed a tumor. They drained fluid from around the brain, which relieved some pressure and made a noticeable difference with Darryl already. The next day they preformed an embolization in hopes to stop blood flow to the vessels surrounding the tumor.

The doctors said this kind of tumor was not caused by anything, just plain bad luck. They believe it is benign but won't know anything for about 8 weeks after the tumor is removed.

Today Darryl is gone in for surgery to have has much of the tumor removed as possible. His recovery will be 6 weeks plus, depending how fast he heals. He will be kept in the hospital. If he requires physio or other special care they will keep him in the u of A, if not then he will be sent to a smaller hospital.

Since Darryl has already been off work since November 8th and will be off for a considerable amount more time, we are asking for any kind of help to cover costs of time already off, future time off and medical expenses he will require afterwards and of course asking for prayers.