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Fighting "The Suicide Disease"



Holley Pesina is a 30yr. old married mother of four from Bulverde, TX.  She survived a traumatic brain injury at age six from being ran over by a car and now  is fighting a rare facial nerve disorder called trigeminal neuralgia AKA in the medical world as "the suicide disease " and hemifacial spasm for 14yrs.  Trigeminal neuralgia (TN) Is regarded as one of the most painful diseases known to man . Many afflicted with the disease take their own lives due to the intolerable pain. Trigeminal neuralgia (TN), is a chronic pain condition that affects the trigeminal or 5th cranial nerve, one of the most widely distributed nerves in the head. The nerve has three branches that conduct sensations from the upper, middle, and lower portions of the face, as well as the oral cavity, to the brain.The intensity of pain can be physically and mentally incapacitating and causes excruciating shocking, stabbing, or burning pain with stimuli such as talking, chewing,  or touch. Even the slightest breeze, talking, eating or touch can trigger pain like a butcher knife to the face for a TN sufferer. Hemifacial spasm is a rare neuromuscular  disorder of the 7th cranial nerve which causes involuntary muscle contractions (spasms) on one side of the face. There currently is no cure for either disorders. We are raising money to help the family pay for medical expenses and for traveling a top surgeon in her disorder for a repeat brain surgery. We are hoping to raise enough to help her with expenses when traveling to specialists in her disease. Holley has already undergone two brain surgeries in the past. First surgery was when she was 6 yrs. old and was ran over by a car suffering  a decompressed skull fracture having to have her skull reconstructed and second surgery in 2008 to decompress vessels around the trigeminal and facial nerves located in the brainstem. Several other painful procedures were done and different combinations of meds to try to help relieve Holley's severe facial pain but have been unsuccessful. Holley remained active doing what she loved working as a RN helping others but now is unable to work and support her family due to the severity of the pain causing tremendous stress on top of pain.Thank you for anything your able to help donate to contribute for her family.



























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  • Powell Family
    • $25 
    • 7 yrs
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Holley Pesina
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Bulverde, TX

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