Trinity's Medical Needs After Amputation

Hi, my name is Jameela Gilmete, and I'm reaching out to everyone for an amazing family that truly could use our help. They are used to being the givers but are now in a position where they humbly are willing to accept any help offered.

The Wexelman’s teen daughter, Trinity, was in a tragic UTV accident that caused the loss of her dominant lower arm. She was riding in the UTV when it rolled, pinning her arm underneath and destroying her hand and forearm. Thankfully, a friend slowed the bleeding while emergency crews arrived on the scene. A life flight helicopter took her to UC Davis hospital, where she underwent 12.5hrs of surgery to save her arm. Unfortunately, the lower portion of her left arm could not be saved. Still, the surgeon worked a small miracle and was able to provide a significant portion below the elbow to be fitted for a prosthetic in the future. While Trinity is in the healing phase, it will be some time before she can get to that step, but being fiercely independent, she is looking forward to it. She’s learning to use her right hand for basic things that we take for granted, like writing, opening things, doing her makeup (like a pro already), etc. With the advanced prosthetics of the future, her doctors are sure she will be fully functional, and with her tenacity, her family is confident this injury won’t stop her from doing the things she loves.

Before the accident, Trinity was very active in life. She was an avid horseback rider, competing in drill competition events statewide, she was an archer, a sport which will now require a prosthetic to participate in, and she was a talented artist. She can’t wait to get back in the saddle, and she’s learning to recreate art with her opposite hand. Her love of animals has always brought her comfort, so coming home from the hospital to her family ranch has helped her healing process.

We are all so lucky she is alive, and although she has a long journey of healing and challenges ahead of her, we’re grateful that she will still get to live a full life. Eric and Jamaica Wexelman have an abundance of gratitude for their child's life, but they are also dealing with the financial ramifications of a devastating injury like this causes. Not long before this accident, Eric suffered a work injury that placed him on temporary disability until he healed. Although he will return to work soon, current circumstances will cause even more financial struggle. Between lost wages during the hospital stay and having to stay home to care for Trinity, the unknown costs surrounding medical care and the prosthesis journey, possible future surgeries, and rehabilitation needs, the Wexelmans need our help.

Thank you for supporting this astonishing teen girl, Trinity, and her family during this difficult transitional time.