Tasha Veer’s journey for recovery

I am Serina Fraser (living in Ottawa, Canada), Tasha Veer’s sister-in-law, as many of you will know.  I hope everyone is keeping well this winter and have had a decent start to 2021, after what has been a trying and difficult year for us all.

Sadly, it has been especially tough for our family, because our much-loved Tasha suffered from a brain aneurysm just before Christmas 2019, and has been in a healthcare facility ever since.

Doctors saved her life through prompt surgery that stopped a bleed in her brain, but there have been a series of complications.  This has seen Tasha withstand 15 additional operations on her brain, as doctors tried to heal her for good.

And while she is out of immediate danger, she is still severely compromised, unable to vocalize, needing a feeding tube for nourishment and struggling to move physically – she cannot walk.

We are thankful for the medical expertise that has saved her life and are now looking ahead.

TASHA'S REHAB NEEDS:

Tasha needs expert rehabilitation and special equipment to enable her to continue her recovery – regaining, we hope, her voice, her ability to enjoy food normally, and her mobility.

She is currently enrolled in a Complex Continuing Care Program at a rehabilitation centre , in  Toronto.  It is one of North America’s leading rehabilitation sciences centres, so she in good hands.

While this centre’s costs are partially covered by OHIP (Ontario’s public health care system), there is a co-pay amount that must be provided by the patient/family.  We anticipate that this co-pay requirement might also apply to any subsequent facilities that Tasha is moved to, such as a more intensive rehab facility or a facility closer to home.

When that happens, we need to be ready.  There is every chance that we will need to contribute to funding her next stage of recovery.

The last thing we want is for Tasha to be denied the resources she needs to reverse the damage of her brain injury and regain as much quality of life as she can.  Once the healthcare facilities start to allow more access as we navigate this COVID-19 virus, the family will be looking to supplement Tasha’s care with third party therapies and treatments.  Further down the road, there may be renovations required in the home.

To do this will take money.  Of course, we are directing our own resources and savings into funding her care, but we are anticipating that we  may not be able to afford all the specialists and equipment to give Tasha the best chances of recovery. 

Some of the expenses we may encounter for Tasha's best chances for recovering are:

3rd Party Therapy
- Extra Physiotherapy
- Neurological focused brain therapy
- Naturopathic therapists, vitality boosting, acupuncture, homeopathic treatments
 
Equipment (short & long term)
- Wheelchair (potentially motorized)
- Stability and walking aids
- Transfer equipment
- Grab bars (at bedside, washrooms, hallways)
- Accessible ramps
- Stair chairs

Other
- Travel and accommodations
- Personal care (requiring a different level of efforts)
- Other consultants
- In home care giver


NOTE: This is just what we know as potential recovery supports today, this list may grow,  and we will truly need financial help.

APPEAL FOR HELP!

So, friends and family, we are asking for your help.
Anything you can give to help Tasha  would be much appreciated and gratefully received.   However, we really want to meet our campaign goal so we are asking/hoping for gifts of $100 per donor, but any amount will be 100% very well received gift.

I, as Tasha’s sister-in-law, have set up a GoFundMe account to help Tasha and her husband, Christian, as he helps his lovely wife.

COVID-19 has isolated us from her and him, and Christian is handling much of Tasha’s emotional support solo, driving from Barrie, where he has been holding down a full-time job, to Toronto any time he can.  I have seen the love and devotion of Christian, and the amazing love that exists between them.

The reality is that the loss of Tasha’s job as community event planner means Christian has had to meet existing financial commitments himself, and so additional medical and rehab bills will be especially tough to handle this year.

We’re making a one-off appeal so we can be in good shape to help Tasha, and Christian this year. 

Please browse our GOFUNDME page and help.

GOFUND ME allows you to donate anonymously if you wish, leave messages, post photos, however you would like to engage this fundraiser, there is a platform for all well wishes, donations, and loving thoughts.

This will be a long fight for Tasha and her family.  But with all the support we have received and wish for in the future, we hope we can enable her to recover from this terrible tragedy.  

Tasha is still fighting to get better. Tasha is a battler, as you know.                     

Please help us stand with her.

Please share this with everyone, share on FACEBOOK, INSTAGRAM and TWITTER to spread the word, any and all support is so appreciated.




We love you endlessly Tasha & Christian XO.