Suzy Booze
Suzy was a healthy and happy 11 month old. Unfortunately, tragedy struck on Jan. 26, 2008.....
Suzy was admitted to the Children\'s Hospital on January 27th and diagnosed with viral encephalitis, which is inflammation and swelling of the brain. She was in a coma and spent two very scary weeks in the ICU. Suzy stablilized somewhat and moved into the hospital\'s rehab unit for 8 weeks. Suzy\'s most recent MRI indicates that she has suffered atrophy in her brain as a result of the seizures and inflammation, and has permanent brain damage.
At the present time she is unable to hold her head up, move her extremities, grasp an object, sit up, or even pay attention to a stimilus for more than a few seconds. Her doctor\'s have predicted that she will never be able to crawl, walk, communicate, talk, play, or even feed herself. And there is nothing else the doctors can do to help her.
However, children with brain damage frequently prove their doctors wrong. She could remain the way she is, or she could make some recovery. Only time will tell. The brain takes a long time to heal and to re-learn the lost functions. Hopefully, because she is so young, other areas of her brain will take over for the damaged areas. We have chosen to believe that God WILL work a miracle with Suzy.
And, we believe that HBOT (Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy) and intense physical therapy (using the Therasuit) will create amazing changes for Suzy. Suzy will also receive infusions of stem cells (which she will receive outside of the USA).
All of these therapies cost large amounts of money,and are NOT covered by our insurance.
Thank you for any dollar amount you are able to afford.
Chris and I ,together with our two daughters Gracie and Maggie, are thankful for the support and prayers of so many during the hardest days of our lives. We are staying positive. We are filling up her life with HOPE, PRAYERS, and LOTS OF LOVE!!!
You can read more about her at www.suzybooze.com
PEACE ,
Chris and Whitney