Starla Marie Shope has been struggling so much, but has really been a trooper. She turned 16 yesterday! She however will not be driving for some time. She is currently in a wheel chair and they have put a railed hospital bed in her room as she cannot seem to lay flat and well, we don’t want her rolling out! It’s been a process from a cane, to a walker and now the chair. They will not allow her to go to school at this time as she kept falling and getting hurt so she is currently being home schooled to keep up with her other classmates. Her headaches never stop and they have been getting shots weekly now to help give her some relief for a couple of hours. Her ears have a lot of pressure most of the time and the constant ringing is hard to handle. Her balance is pretty much gone totally now, on her bad days she can't even sit up without support or she falls over. They have been taking her to any doctor they can to try and find her some help. Her group of doctors here at home have decided she needs to go to the Mayo Clinic in Jacksonville, FL. This is about a 10 drive that will be very difficult for Starla to make but we are hoping that it will be worth the trip. The doctors there already have her case and getting a team together to care for her when she arrives. They are going to call next week and let them know when to have her there. If I had to guess I would say they will be admitting her in the next couple of weeks. The doctors here at home are wonderful. They know if her mom call’s that she have already done all she can safely do and they bring her right in, we are so blessed to have them through all this.
Joshua Derden is still having problems with what they are saying are “Atonic” or “drop seizures” and will be out of work for many more months to come from the way they are talking. They said that he would need to go 6 months without a seizure before he can return to work. He had another and was back in the hospital last Saturday night. They have still not been able to determine if the seizures are a result of the original fall or the fall a result of the seizure but they are leaning towards the first fall causing the seizures. Josh has continued through the seizures to retain new information and new things that he has learned since the original fall. He has not however been able to regain any of the memory from the first 38 years of his life as a result of the original fall and brain injury. It continues to be a long journey.
There is a site set up for donations to assist in medical expenses and travel expenses to the Mayo Clinic in Jacksonville FL. Please feel free to message me if you have any questions at all!
http://www.youcaring.com/medical-fundraiser/angels-needed-for-starla-and-joshua/82589
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