Tayla Standfield - Road to Recovery
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Let me first start with this message from my sister...
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Dear family and friends,
How do you tell the world private things that you are going through? I've struggled with writing this post for the last 2 weeks. I have tried to tell everyone close to me, privately, what exactly is going on...but there are some of you that I don't want to feel like I forgot about you, because I haven't. So here goes...
November 9th, I will be having a Craniotomy. After a 3 year battle with my body, we finally have answers. I was sent to a geneticist by my neurologist and was diagnosed with Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome (EDS), a rare genetic condition that affects all of the connective tissue throughout my body, including my joints and arteries. In May of this year my Drs found a brain aneurysm that was not there in May of 2015. They suggested that I have a cerebral arteriography at the end of September. The procedure showed that the aneurysm had grown and a 2nd aneurysm was also found. It was shaped like a heart and was almost the size of the 1st one. Due to my EDS, it was recommended that I have the surgery ASAP. I asked to get some things in order first before surgery. It is an extremely risky surgery for me, due to the weakening/thinning of my arteries, and there is no guarantee that I will not have more appear in the future, whether it be near or far. I don't know how I feel right now, a bit terrified, a bit nostalgic and completely worried for my husband and children. It's going to be a long road to recovery...but Lord knows I haven't been one lucky enough to get the shorter roads, and that's fine...builds character, right?
I will conclude this post by saying that no matter the outcome, I love each and every one of you. We have had many, many laughs over the years...and those are the memories I hold on to.
God bless and much love...
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Hi, my name is Candise. I started this fundraiser to raise money for my sister, Tayla Standfield, who was recently diagnosed with EDS (Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome). Tayla is the mother of 4 beautiful children... A Wife... A Daughter... A Sister to 8... And an Aunt, Niece, Cousin, and Friend to many. She is the strongest woman I know, joking and laughing up to the last few minutes before surgery. EDS is a destructive disease that will most likely cause many more downfalls/surgeries in the years to come. Please help me help my sister... The one person who asks for nothing, yet is always ready to lend a helping hand.
So please, if you can spare a few dollars, a prayer, or kind and encouraging words, all will be greatly appreciated. Thank you so much!
P. S. If you would rather send an offline donation, please feel free to text me for more info.
**Donations will go towards current and future medical bills, a homeschool teacher for her children since she will no longer be able to do so herself, daily hospital/living expenses, parking fees, food, and help providing family/friends (who want to help, but cannot afford it) with the necessities needed to come lend a helping hand for the many, many months of recovery ahead, after she returns home from the hospital. The recovery time for brain surgery is upwards of a year, so she will need a village for this process.
With that said, Tayla has since developed severe pneumonia and is at risk for intubation (placing a breathing tube down her throat to breathe for her). Her blood/oxygen levels plummet at the meir thought of removing her oxygen tube from her nose.
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Dear family and friends,
How do you tell the world private things that you are going through? I've struggled with writing this post for the last 2 weeks. I have tried to tell everyone close to me, privately, what exactly is going on...but there are some of you that I don't want to feel like I forgot about you, because I haven't. So here goes...
November 9th, I will be having a Craniotomy. After a 3 year battle with my body, we finally have answers. I was sent to a geneticist by my neurologist and was diagnosed with Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome (EDS), a rare genetic condition that affects all of the connective tissue throughout my body, including my joints and arteries. In May of this year my Drs found a brain aneurysm that was not there in May of 2015. They suggested that I have a cerebral arteriography at the end of September. The procedure showed that the aneurysm had grown and a 2nd aneurysm was also found. It was shaped like a heart and was almost the size of the 1st one. Due to my EDS, it was recommended that I have the surgery ASAP. I asked to get some things in order first before surgery. It is an extremely risky surgery for me, due to the weakening/thinning of my arteries, and there is no guarantee that I will not have more appear in the future, whether it be near or far. I don't know how I feel right now, a bit terrified, a bit nostalgic and completely worried for my husband and children. It's going to be a long road to recovery...but Lord knows I haven't been one lucky enough to get the shorter roads, and that's fine...builds character, right?
I will conclude this post by saying that no matter the outcome, I love each and every one of you. We have had many, many laughs over the years...and those are the memories I hold on to.
God bless and much love...
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Hi, my name is Candise. I started this fundraiser to raise money for my sister, Tayla Standfield, who was recently diagnosed with EDS (Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome). Tayla is the mother of 4 beautiful children... A Wife... A Daughter... A Sister to 8... And an Aunt, Niece, Cousin, and Friend to many. She is the strongest woman I know, joking and laughing up to the last few minutes before surgery. EDS is a destructive disease that will most likely cause many more downfalls/surgeries in the years to come. Please help me help my sister... The one person who asks for nothing, yet is always ready to lend a helping hand.
So please, if you can spare a few dollars, a prayer, or kind and encouraging words, all will be greatly appreciated. Thank you so much!
P. S. If you would rather send an offline donation, please feel free to text me for more info.
**Donations will go towards current and future medical bills, a homeschool teacher for her children since she will no longer be able to do so herself, daily hospital/living expenses, parking fees, food, and help providing family/friends (who want to help, but cannot afford it) with the necessities needed to come lend a helping hand for the many, many months of recovery ahead, after she returns home from the hospital. The recovery time for brain surgery is upwards of a year, so she will need a village for this process.
With that said, Tayla has since developed severe pneumonia and is at risk for intubation (placing a breathing tube down her throat to breathe for her). Her blood/oxygen levels plummet at the meir thought of removing her oxygen tube from her nose.
Organizer
Candise Smith
Organizer
Mabank, TX