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It all started in Sept 2015 when we thought she had a horrendous case of food poisoning. After 2 days of watching her fall sicker and sicker, she ended up in the hospital for an emergency appendectomy. Fine, no big deal. However, after she left the hospital, she was still having pain in her belly. We took her in for CT scans, blood work, fluids, anything to help. A month later it was discovered that the Dr’s left behind some of the appendix and needed to go back in. More surgery, more time in the hospital, more antibiotics. Yet, she came out again sicker than before. She was told she may have Chrohn’s disease until that was ruled out. She was told she may have Celiac disease until that was ruled out. All the while she could not maintain a normal diet or function like you or I. This was only the beginning. Now the Dr THINKS having her Gall Bladder out is the answer. It is a 50/50 shot but she is so sick that anything is worth a try. So here we go. Finally, some of the pain in her upper abdomen is gone but not all the problems have been solved. Yet another visit to the ER and all of a sudden, she is being quarantined. Come to find out she has C. Diff. Over the next 9 months, she would battle 4 rounds of C. Diff. She was going to bathroom 22+ times a day yet could not eat or drink anything. How is that even possible? I was watching my wife wither away. Her kids could not hug her because it hurt too much and that broke her heart. She could not walk because it was so painful and she was too weak. She was no longer herself. I was watching my wife die for the last year. Finally, in November 2017, she was offered a minor transplant that saved her life. It would take about 6 months for her to find her new “normal” but in this time I began to see her transform into something NONE of us expected.
We bought her a treadmill to help her build up her immune system. The goal was to just walk for an hour a day in the morning. Easy enough! She was determined to get better and stronger. 1 lap around the block became 2, then a mile, then 3. Did first 5k which also inspired your son who has cerebral palsy, autism and about 12 other challenges to go run with her.
Fast forward to now, she is running her 1st marathon in honor of her father who passed away from cancer, and my father who recently passed away. She is running for the children suffering from this horrible disease . She will be raising money for Freds Team for children's cancer. All donations go directly to them, not through us. If anyone would like to donate I have a link attached that tells more about what and who they are. Please take a few min just to read it. Thank you all for reading my long post.
It all started in Sept 2015 when we thought she had a horrendous case of food poisoning. After 2 days of watching her fall sicker and sicker, she ended up in the hospital for an emergency appendectomy. Fine, no big deal. However, after she left the hospital, she was still having pain in her belly. We took her in for CT scans, blood work, fluids, anything to help. A month later it was discovered that the Dr’s left behind some of the appendix and needed to go back in. More surgery, more time in the hospital, more antibiotics. Yet, she came out again sicker than before. She was told she may have Chrohn’s disease until that was ruled out. She was told she may have Celiac disease until that was ruled out. All the while she could not maintain a normal diet or function like you or I. This was only the beginning. Now the Dr THINKS having her Gall Bladder out is the answer. It is a 50/50 shot but she is so sick that anything is worth a try. So here we go. Finally, some of the pain in her upper abdomen is gone but not all the problems have been solved. Yet another visit to the ER and all of a sudden, she is being quarantined. Come to find out she has C. Diff. Over the next 9 months, she would battle 4 rounds of C. Diff. She was going to bathroom 22+ times a day yet could not eat or drink anything. How is that even possible? I was watching my wife wither away. Her kids could not hug her because it hurt too much and that broke her heart. She could not walk because it was so painful and she was too weak. She was no longer herself. I was watching my wife die for the last year. Finally, in November 2017, she was offered a minor transplant that saved her life. It would take about 6 months for her to find her new “normal” but in this time I began to see her transform into something NONE of us expected.
We bought her a treadmill to help her build up her immune system. The goal was to just walk for an hour a day in the morning. Easy enough! She was determined to get better and stronger. 1 lap around the block became 2, then a mile, then 3. Did first 5k which also inspired your son who has cerebral palsy, autism and about 12 other challenges to go run with her.
Fast forward to now, she is running her 1st marathon in honor of her father who passed away from cancer, and my father who recently passed away. She is running for the children suffering from this horrible disease . She will be raising money for Freds Team for children's cancer. All donations go directly to them, not through us. If anyone would like to donate I have a link attached that tells more about what and who they are. Please take a few min just to read it. Thank you all for reading my long post.
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