Since a few people have asked me about one or a cash app, I'm gonna set this up for anyone who wants to donate to help pay Lacey's medical bills after this is all over and help us through her not being able to work and affording stuff for her to get better.
Just for background on what's going on:
On January 14th, Lacey went to a Dr. appointment and was told after 21 weeks of carrying our baby girl that the baby had passed.
On Thursday, we tried getting into the local hospital to have the baby removed from her but decided Friday to call UAMS in Little Rock. We arrived Sunday, January 18th, for Lacey to have the baby removed via C-section.
At 10 a.m. on Sunday the 18th, the doctors began to try to remove the baby. Lacey started to bleed a lot, and her cervix started to rip, so they decided to bring her back out. While still under anesthesia, they asked me, would Lacey rather have induction or C-section? Because this is her third child and because Lacey wanted to try for another after losing this baby, I told them to do the induction.
After days of trying induction, they decided to try and let her have the baby naturally to prevent having to do a C-section. Eventually, they started to get worried about infection in the amniotic sac around the baby.
Finally, they decided the only alternative was to risk the C-section. During the C-section, Lacey started having a seizure once opened and coded twice, first time for 5 minutes and second time for 2 minutes. She also had two blood clots in both lungs, which they removed via a catheter through the groin. Luckily, she was revived but left open after being rushed to SICU (surgical intensive care unit).
The SICU doctors were worried about Lacey bleeding out, so they placed a sponge attached to a box that sucked blood off her stomach and put her on a ventilator that breathes for her.
We've now been here for 7 days, and Lacey is slowly coming around. She has started wiggling her toes on command, still on the ventilator but breathing CPAP (she initiates the breath and then it pumps for her), her respiratory rate is in the good 12 to 25 range. She now tracks people with her eyes and has even laughed after passing gas at one point.
They still test her, and her tests include squeezing and releasing someone's hand, wiggling toes, and giving thumbs up. If she doesn't meet these, in 4 days they will be giving Lacey a temporary tracheotomy through her neck.
Lacey is a very humble person and would be so mad at me for posting anything about her like this, but to help pay medical bills and help provide for losing Lacey's pay, I started this GoFundMe.
If you wanna give, it's here and open and will be used for what it is supposed to be for. If you can't (which is totally understandable in this economy), just please say every prayer you can for her.
Thank you to everyone who has supported us, including my coworkers at Danfoss and Lacey's coworkers at Searcy Medical Center, and hundreds of people we don't even know. We love all of y'all so much and appreciate all the support we have received!