Help Swede Walk Again
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Swede is in dire need of funds to help keep him in the hospital and to progress his rehabilitation.
Jeff 'Swede' Swedenhjelm was living a humble life in Bali, Indonesia for the past 12 months. On Decemeber 18, 2017, Swede was walking to watch the Pittsburgh Steelers game at a local bar, when a monkey snatched his favorite Steelers hat from his head. He attempted to get the hat back from the monkey, climbing up on to a roof of a pavilion. His last memory before waking up in a hospital was trying to get the monkey to drop the hat. Swede fell through the roof falling over 30 ft which left him in acoma for 6 hours and fractured and displaced his C6 vertebrate, rendering him paralyzed from the chest down.
His current medical status is he has no feeling, sensation, or movement from his chest down. He has movement and feeling in his arms and wrists but his hands have not regained movement as of yet. He has an infection in his lungs that causes a large amont of phlegm to build up which drowns him if it is not sucked out. He is in a extremely weak state and needs 24 hr supervision in order to alert medical staff when they are needed.
Immediately following this terrible accident, Swede's family and friends rallied to raise $75,000 to get him airlifted to a specialized spinal cord hospital in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia and into surgery. Swede spent nearly 2 weeks in the ICU after surgery, fighting a terrible lung infection. Once he showed some improvement, they moved him to the general ward where he is today. The medical expenses were costing Swede between $1000-$1300 per day while he was fighting the lung infection. His expenses are now starting to go down as the antibiotics are starting to fight off the infection but he's still paying around $500-$900 per day. The money that has been raised from previous efforts has all been paid to the hospital and as of now, our balance is getting very close to zero.
We must raise more funds or else Swede is going to get discharged from the hospital. All the money raised through this campaign will go to getting him the care that he needs to both survive and progress through rehabilitation. He is the most inspirational person I know and he is determined to give it all he has so that he can live an active life once again.
Thank you all for your love, thoughts, prayers, and donations. He could not have made it this far without each and every one of you. With that being said, Swede still needs your support to get through this. Please donate what you can, even if its a 'small' donation. Please share this GFM page on FB with your friends. Go onto Help Swede Walk Again FB page and follow it for updates on his recovery. And above all else, keep sending your love his way. One of his favorite sayings is 'We're All In This Together!' Let's prove this to be true!!
-Swede's Backbone of Stone
Jeff 'Swede' Swedenhjelm was living a humble life in Bali, Indonesia for the past 12 months. On Decemeber 18, 2017, Swede was walking to watch the Pittsburgh Steelers game at a local bar, when a monkey snatched his favorite Steelers hat from his head. He attempted to get the hat back from the monkey, climbing up on to a roof of a pavilion. His last memory before waking up in a hospital was trying to get the monkey to drop the hat. Swede fell through the roof falling over 30 ft which left him in acoma for 6 hours and fractured and displaced his C6 vertebrate, rendering him paralyzed from the chest down.
His current medical status is he has no feeling, sensation, or movement from his chest down. He has movement and feeling in his arms and wrists but his hands have not regained movement as of yet. He has an infection in his lungs that causes a large amont of phlegm to build up which drowns him if it is not sucked out. He is in a extremely weak state and needs 24 hr supervision in order to alert medical staff when they are needed.
Immediately following this terrible accident, Swede's family and friends rallied to raise $75,000 to get him airlifted to a specialized spinal cord hospital in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia and into surgery. Swede spent nearly 2 weeks in the ICU after surgery, fighting a terrible lung infection. Once he showed some improvement, they moved him to the general ward where he is today. The medical expenses were costing Swede between $1000-$1300 per day while he was fighting the lung infection. His expenses are now starting to go down as the antibiotics are starting to fight off the infection but he's still paying around $500-$900 per day. The money that has been raised from previous efforts has all been paid to the hospital and as of now, our balance is getting very close to zero.
We must raise more funds or else Swede is going to get discharged from the hospital. All the money raised through this campaign will go to getting him the care that he needs to both survive and progress through rehabilitation. He is the most inspirational person I know and he is determined to give it all he has so that he can live an active life once again.
Thank you all for your love, thoughts, prayers, and donations. He could not have made it this far without each and every one of you. With that being said, Swede still needs your support to get through this. Please donate what you can, even if its a 'small' donation. Please share this GFM page on FB with your friends. Go onto Help Swede Walk Again FB page and follow it for updates on his recovery. And above all else, keep sending your love his way. One of his favorite sayings is 'We're All In This Together!' Let's prove this to be true!!
-Swede's Backbone of Stone
Organizer
Scott Wells
Organizer
Destin, FL
