<div>Hi, I'm Hannah and I am raising funds for <strong>Jeanette (Nettie) and William Defoe and their family</strong>.
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<div>On Thursday night, Nettie was rushed to MMC in Ashland, WI, and told she had a brain bleed that needed emergency surgery in the Twin Cities. <strong>Due to the weather, a flight was not available until the next morning.</strong> When she was flown to Abbott Northwestern, they found that the bleeding had stopped, so they did further testing.
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<div>After further testing, Nettie was diagnosed with Reverse Cerebral Vasoconstriction Syndrome (RCVS). She does not need surgery!
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<div>She will have a recovery of 6 months to a year, as it can take months before the blood on her brain dissolves.
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<div>She will be moved into a regular room in the next 24-48 hours and out of the ICU. Once she is released from the hospital, she won’t be coming home right away; instead, she will have to go to a recovery center to build up her strength to come home.
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<div><strong>This means that the Defoe family will be spending Christmas, and many more months, down in the Cities.</strong> Ashland is a 4-hour drive, and there will be hotel bills, meals, etc. As Bill said, it's a marathon, not a sprint, so any help at all is well, helpful.
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