Val's in hospital and she needs our help...
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Apprehensive about sharing her story and worried to ask in time of her need, my sister reluctantly but eventually welcomed the idea of creating a gofundme that would greatly help her.
3 weeks ago, my sister Valerie suffered a subdural aneurysm. Many of you know that my sister is cheerful, healthy, shining and living life to the fullest! Today she is in the hospital, 3 weeks into a condition that brought our family to a standstill.
With our family in shock, the days following were filled with sadness, worry and fear. What started as a headache (a headache she thought was a typical migraine), she went to work until she just couldn’t endure the pain any longer.
Evening trip to ER, and the findings was subdural aneurysm. Thanks be to God it was caught early enough and subdural angiogram completed to stop further bleeding.
She is recovering and being monitored at Morton Plant Hospital in Clearwater, FL. We remain prayerful that there will be no new bleeding, but the long term extent of her brain injury is unknown which has us even more concerned. She has good days and not so good days but she is handling the pain the best she can, taking things day by day. Unfortunately, she is still suffering sporadic muscle spasms, constant head pressure, spinal and head pain.
It will be a slow and steady journey, adjusting to life post injury and procedure. Recently, Dr. has her gradually up and moving and doing PT. A hardworking, loving mother...independent and strong! Her will and drive are incredibly admirable but for her not to be working and not physically able to do so, has also been hard because she wants to just get up and go back to her real estate sales and/or booking her modeling contracts.
As time and her health allows, returning to work is unknown. Realizing the CCU hospital expenses are growing, the unknown long-term care costs, lack of ability to work for the foreseeable future, we are putting this gofundme together to help my sister with those as well as get through the coming weeks and months of recovery.
Val, her son Derek, our mom, myself and our whole family are grateful for all the prayers, well wishes- texts/calls, flowers, and hospital visits!! To those able to assist- whether financial, with prayers and/or sharing of this fund with others, we thank you!! Also, if preferred not on gofundme, she is also on Venmo- Valerie-Orca and CashApp- $ValerieOrca.
There are not enough words to express our gratitude for above and all your blessings ❣️
3 weeks ago, my sister Valerie suffered a subdural aneurysm. Many of you know that my sister is cheerful, healthy, shining and living life to the fullest! Today she is in the hospital, 3 weeks into a condition that brought our family to a standstill.
With our family in shock, the days following were filled with sadness, worry and fear. What started as a headache (a headache she thought was a typical migraine), she went to work until she just couldn’t endure the pain any longer.
Evening trip to ER, and the findings was subdural aneurysm. Thanks be to God it was caught early enough and subdural angiogram completed to stop further bleeding.
She is recovering and being monitored at Morton Plant Hospital in Clearwater, FL. We remain prayerful that there will be no new bleeding, but the long term extent of her brain injury is unknown which has us even more concerned. She has good days and not so good days but she is handling the pain the best she can, taking things day by day. Unfortunately, she is still suffering sporadic muscle spasms, constant head pressure, spinal and head pain.
It will be a slow and steady journey, adjusting to life post injury and procedure. Recently, Dr. has her gradually up and moving and doing PT. A hardworking, loving mother...independent and strong! Her will and drive are incredibly admirable but for her not to be working and not physically able to do so, has also been hard because she wants to just get up and go back to her real estate sales and/or booking her modeling contracts.
As time and her health allows, returning to work is unknown. Realizing the CCU hospital expenses are growing, the unknown long-term care costs, lack of ability to work for the foreseeable future, we are putting this gofundme together to help my sister with those as well as get through the coming weeks and months of recovery.
Val, her son Derek, our mom, myself and our whole family are grateful for all the prayers, well wishes- texts/calls, flowers, and hospital visits!! To those able to assist- whether financial, with prayers and/or sharing of this fund with others, we thank you!! Also, if preferred not on gofundme, she is also on Venmo- Valerie-Orca and CashApp- $ValerieOrca.
There are not enough words to express our gratitude for above and all your blessings ❣️
Organizer and beneficiary
Patrizia Ortiz
Organizer
Tampa, FL
Valerie Orca
Beneficiary