Roushan Mehdi- Stroke Victim
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Written by Sana Mehdi- Roushan's wife:
On December 10th, 2018 my husband Roushan Mehdi suffered a hemorrhagic stroke in the early morning hours. With his young age (only 39 years old) and relatively good health, as a family we were definitely caught off guard. Roushan was at Northside hospital in Atlanta for close 6 weeks, and more than 4 weeks of that was in ICU critical care. He was on a ventilator and medically induced coma for weeks. Though he can breathe on his own now, he's still having difficulty using one side of his body, swallowing, and speaking. He has a PEG tube into his stomach for feedings, and is completely dependent on other people caring for him. All prognoses were that he would die, but yet he's fought to stay here. I believe this is for me, our young son Umair who is only 6 years old, and his family.
We are now in a dire situation. No rehabilitation center will accept him as he has no way of paying for medical care or health insurance, and Medicaid will take up to 30-60 days to kick in, if it does. Our apartment lease is up soon in February, and no one is willing to give me an apartment as I have no job nor income. I've had to quit my job at starbucks to be Roushan's caretaker full time. Though our family and extended family is trying their best to help us, we can't manage the thousands in medical bills, housing, and long term care we're facing. We intend on using these funds to help find Roushan and I find housing for the next year, longer term medical care including doctors visits, speech therapy, rehabilitation, and for him to have occupational and physical therapy. Hopefully with your donations, we can get the help we so desperately need and that he deserves.
Written by - Sana Mehdi, Roushan's Wife
On December 10th, 2018 my husband Roushan Mehdi suffered a hemorrhagic stroke in the early morning hours. With his young age (only 39 years old) and relatively good health, as a family we were definitely caught off guard. Roushan was at Northside hospital in Atlanta for close 6 weeks, and more than 4 weeks of that was in ICU critical care. He was on a ventilator and medically induced coma for weeks. Though he can breathe on his own now, he's still having difficulty using one side of his body, swallowing, and speaking. He has a PEG tube into his stomach for feedings, and is completely dependent on other people caring for him. All prognoses were that he would die, but yet he's fought to stay here. I believe this is for me, our young son Umair who is only 6 years old, and his family.
We are now in a dire situation. No rehabilitation center will accept him as he has no way of paying for medical care or health insurance, and Medicaid will take up to 30-60 days to kick in, if it does. Our apartment lease is up soon in February, and no one is willing to give me an apartment as I have no job nor income. I've had to quit my job at starbucks to be Roushan's caretaker full time. Though our family and extended family is trying their best to help us, we can't manage the thousands in medical bills, housing, and long term care we're facing. We intend on using these funds to help find Roushan and I find housing for the next year, longer term medical care including doctors visits, speech therapy, rehabilitation, and for him to have occupational and physical therapy. Hopefully with your donations, we can get the help we so desperately need and that he deserves.
Written by - Sana Mehdi, Roushan's Wife
Organizer and beneficiary
Feroza Syed
Organizer
Tucker, GA
Naheed Syed
Beneficiary
