Support Michael Mariant & His Family
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On Friday evening Dec 4th 2015, 46-year old Michael Mariant, suffered what was believed to be a stroke while enjoying an anniversary dinner with his family at a restaurant in SLO. His partner, Dawn, recognized what was happening quickly and rushed him to the nearest hospital. He was transported by paramedics from French Hospital to Sierra Vista Hospital where specialists could further assess his condition. Due to his getting to the hospital quickly, he was administered the drug TPA and survived his first stroke.
Since that first incident, Michael has now suffered several dozen degrading neurological events of varying intensity and resulting in deficits in functioning. In January of 2017 he spent a month in the hospital after another “big one" hit, and he is still recovering from the affects of that event. He has been to over a dozen different doctors/specialists in the SLO and Santa Barabara areas and they are still unable to find a cause for the continued strokes. The next step is to go to LA or SF areas to get a more specific diagnosis at a university hospital, and potentially go to a specialized neuro-rehab clinic away from home to regain more functioning and hopefully drive again.
It has been a rough past year and a half, with Michael having to give up work with Semester at Sea and letting go of sharing his love of photography with others (for now) by closing High Sierra Workshops.
It still is a long road to recovery, so we have set up this Go Fund Me campaign to help raise money to cover the medical expenses that have incurred, and to cover expenses for future treatments as well as unexpected expenses such as food, gas, hotel stays, medical bills, etc. and to allow Michael to focus his attention and energy on healing.
Michael is well respected and loved by all he meets on his travels through life. He is a talented photographer, amazing teacher/storyteller, and one of the kindest people you ever encounter. We know he has the strength to get through this and will do so with the continued love and support from his family, friends, and community. Please consider helping this wonderful family in their time of need.
Thank You.
Since that first incident, Michael has now suffered several dozen degrading neurological events of varying intensity and resulting in deficits in functioning. In January of 2017 he spent a month in the hospital after another “big one" hit, and he is still recovering from the affects of that event. He has been to over a dozen different doctors/specialists in the SLO and Santa Barabara areas and they are still unable to find a cause for the continued strokes. The next step is to go to LA or SF areas to get a more specific diagnosis at a university hospital, and potentially go to a specialized neuro-rehab clinic away from home to regain more functioning and hopefully drive again.
It has been a rough past year and a half, with Michael having to give up work with Semester at Sea and letting go of sharing his love of photography with others (for now) by closing High Sierra Workshops.
It still is a long road to recovery, so we have set up this Go Fund Me campaign to help raise money to cover the medical expenses that have incurred, and to cover expenses for future treatments as well as unexpected expenses such as food, gas, hotel stays, medical bills, etc. and to allow Michael to focus his attention and energy on healing.
Michael is well respected and loved by all he meets on his travels through life. He is a talented photographer, amazing teacher/storyteller, and one of the kindest people you ever encounter. We know he has the strength to get through this and will do so with the continued love and support from his family, friends, and community. Please consider helping this wonderful family in their time of need.
Thank You.
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Michael Mariant
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Los Osos, CA
