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Hello Friends & Family, this is our GOFUNDME account to help raise approximately $25,000, to offset medical bills, assist with expenses that are accumulating quickly for Jodi Eyraud's care, and legal costs.
Our dear family member and loving friend, Jodi Eyraud, is a very caring, generous and kind person, as well as the devoted mother of Glory Eyraud. As a career educator with the Los Angeles Unified School District, she has dedicated her life to helping others, from her early days as a recreation instructor and girl’s softball coach, to helping develop programs for the school district to better the lives of children in their transition to young adulthood. She has improved the lives of many and we have all benefitted from her good counsel. Jodi’s most recent assignment has been in the Community Partnerships, Student Health and Human Services, serving schools in the Local District Northwest as the Organizational Facilitator. Jodi assisted schools in creating Memorandums of Understanding with outside agencies to support the students’ well-being, mental health, and to offer counseling services. She arranged the collaborative meetings for LDNW where outside agencies could come and speak about their services to school principals, counselors, nurses, and school psychologists. Jodi was an integral part of creating connections between schools and community agencies, creating much-needed partnerships.
Approximately seven weeks ago Jodi became very ill after being bitten by a mosquito somewhere in the Los Angeles, CA area.
How she got here:
On October 27, 2016, just before her 48th birthday, Jodi wasn’t feeling well and visited a local hospital and was diagnosed with a minor infection and sent home with a prescription for antibiotics (given to her only because she was the recipient of a kidney transplant back in 2005, and was immunocompromised).
That same day her symptoms worsened and her girlfriend, Ileana, took her to Cedars-Sinai hospital. From the ER she was admitted and quickly became disorientated and agitated, unable to clearly communicate with the staff. Jodi’s symptoms again worsened, she developed a high fever and was having difficulty breathing. Jodi was then transferred to the Critical Care Unit on her birthday, October 30th. Within hours of transfer the Doctors had to give her a sedative in order to place her on a breathing tube. We were told that the sedative would keep her calm enough to insert the breathing tube and was expected to rest peacefully and be in a much better state in the morning. Sadly, Jodi has yet to wake. Within a few days in the CCU we were told there was severe inflammation of her brain and spine. The team of doctors performed an unspeakable amount of testing and exams over the next few weeks, trying to determine the cause and diagnosis her condition.
On November 8th, Jodi was given a tracheotomy and ventilator. On November 9th, they placed a feeding tube. The doctors at Cedars-Sinai retested her for the West Nile Virus (“WNV”) and the results came back positive on November 11th. We were told she had WNV: Encephalitis and Meningitis.
With a round the clock pilgrimage of family and friends, Jodi was transferred to Barlow Respiratory Hospital where she remains on the ventilator. Time is of the essence, as the hospital will not allow Jodi to stay if her condition doesn't quickly improve and currently there are no known conventional treatments that might benefit Jodi.
We are asking everyone to send positive thoughts and prayers to Jodi and Glory. Thank you.
Any remaining funds will be used for care giving to bring Jodi home so she can be at peace with her family. Please help us give back to this wonderful young woman who has dedicated her life to helping others.
West Nile Virus:
For most of its short tenure in Southern California, West Nile has been a transitory epidemic, peaking every four years, in response to the rise and fall of the immune cycle of its primary host, birds that perch at night to sleep. Since 2014, however, the rates of disease transmission have run mostly unabated year after year.
In 2014, 218 cases were reported in Los Angeles County, and in 2015, 300 cases were reported.
About 80% of people infected with West Nile never know they have it. Their bodies fight off the infection. The rest develop a fever, and in less than 1% of these cases, the symptoms are more dire, especially for individuals older than 50 or immuno-compromised.
http://www.cdc.gov/westnile/prevention/
Thank you for your consideration and to all who have helped Jodi and her family!
Our dear family member and loving friend, Jodi Eyraud, is a very caring, generous and kind person, as well as the devoted mother of Glory Eyraud. As a career educator with the Los Angeles Unified School District, she has dedicated her life to helping others, from her early days as a recreation instructor and girl’s softball coach, to helping develop programs for the school district to better the lives of children in their transition to young adulthood. She has improved the lives of many and we have all benefitted from her good counsel. Jodi’s most recent assignment has been in the Community Partnerships, Student Health and Human Services, serving schools in the Local District Northwest as the Organizational Facilitator. Jodi assisted schools in creating Memorandums of Understanding with outside agencies to support the students’ well-being, mental health, and to offer counseling services. She arranged the collaborative meetings for LDNW where outside agencies could come and speak about their services to school principals, counselors, nurses, and school psychologists. Jodi was an integral part of creating connections between schools and community agencies, creating much-needed partnerships.
Approximately seven weeks ago Jodi became very ill after being bitten by a mosquito somewhere in the Los Angeles, CA area.
How she got here:
On October 27, 2016, just before her 48th birthday, Jodi wasn’t feeling well and visited a local hospital and was diagnosed with a minor infection and sent home with a prescription for antibiotics (given to her only because she was the recipient of a kidney transplant back in 2005, and was immunocompromised).
That same day her symptoms worsened and her girlfriend, Ileana, took her to Cedars-Sinai hospital. From the ER she was admitted and quickly became disorientated and agitated, unable to clearly communicate with the staff. Jodi’s symptoms again worsened, she developed a high fever and was having difficulty breathing. Jodi was then transferred to the Critical Care Unit on her birthday, October 30th. Within hours of transfer the Doctors had to give her a sedative in order to place her on a breathing tube. We were told that the sedative would keep her calm enough to insert the breathing tube and was expected to rest peacefully and be in a much better state in the morning. Sadly, Jodi has yet to wake. Within a few days in the CCU we were told there was severe inflammation of her brain and spine. The team of doctors performed an unspeakable amount of testing and exams over the next few weeks, trying to determine the cause and diagnosis her condition.
On November 8th, Jodi was given a tracheotomy and ventilator. On November 9th, they placed a feeding tube. The doctors at Cedars-Sinai retested her for the West Nile Virus (“WNV”) and the results came back positive on November 11th. We were told she had WNV: Encephalitis and Meningitis.
With a round the clock pilgrimage of family and friends, Jodi was transferred to Barlow Respiratory Hospital where she remains on the ventilator. Time is of the essence, as the hospital will not allow Jodi to stay if her condition doesn't quickly improve and currently there are no known conventional treatments that might benefit Jodi.
We are asking everyone to send positive thoughts and prayers to Jodi and Glory. Thank you.
Any remaining funds will be used for care giving to bring Jodi home so she can be at peace with her family. Please help us give back to this wonderful young woman who has dedicated her life to helping others.
West Nile Virus:
For most of its short tenure in Southern California, West Nile has been a transitory epidemic, peaking every four years, in response to the rise and fall of the immune cycle of its primary host, birds that perch at night to sleep. Since 2014, however, the rates of disease transmission have run mostly unabated year after year.
In 2014, 218 cases were reported in Los Angeles County, and in 2015, 300 cases were reported.
About 80% of people infected with West Nile never know they have it. Their bodies fight off the infection. The rest develop a fever, and in less than 1% of these cases, the symptoms are more dire, especially for individuals older than 50 or immuno-compromised.
http://www.cdc.gov/westnile/prevention/
Thank you for your consideration and to all who have helped Jodi and her family!
Organizer
Joey Randolph
Organizer
South Pasadena, CA
