A dear friend of mine some you might know, @princessharumi (https://twitter.com/princessharumi_) has been in ICU for the past month. Below is a copy/paste from the GFM:
For anyone who doesn’t know, Harumi has Sickle Cell disease. For the past couple of weeks, she’s been getting treatment due to some flare ups and some bleeding due to her Ulcerative Colitis. She went to the hospital for treatment and a blood transfusion but it wasn’t enough. Her hemoglobin level went down and the doctors decide to do another transfusion. Everything was ready, but suddenly her temperature was 102.4F they decide to do the transfusion at Intensive Care Unit and they found she had developed pneumonia that affected her lungs. She has not spoken since the first night at the ICU several weeks ago. She has lost consciousness and remained unresponsive now for the past two weeks. She has not been speaking and is breathing using a breathing machine. The treatment is a slow process to help her to breath on her own and to become responsive. It was then decided to transfer her to another hospital with more specialized care and long term treatment however the hospital is more than 50 miles from her home. Her family cannot travel to see her every day as much as they would like to. The cost of this specialized treatment will be more than what her family can afford.
Harumi was a big contributor to her house hold so a GFM was set up by a friend to help with her share of the bills while she is at the hospital. Later it will updated with medical expenses but for now, if you can help her family with travel and bills, that would mean a lot.
There is an update a few days ago that she has woken up and was able to follow the nurse with her eyes, but she still requires a breathing machine and remains mostly unable to stay awake.
If you would like to help donate other than GFM please contact @dartty for paypal options.
Even just sharing would help. Thank you so much.
