We Won the Battle: But the War Isn’t Over: Join Us in the Fight

Life is a constant struggle.

On September 10, 2020, Alexis, my wife suffered a near-fatal subarachnoid stroke. -90% chance of not getting out of surgery- were the doctor’s words on the night of that rainy Thursday in September. Dr. Ernesto Ledezma saved my wife. Alexis overcame it! She also overcame vasospasm 7 days after. A month later, she left the hospital, and then she faced a new challenge, therapies. Without being able to talk much, without being able to move much, she never missed one therapy, she has never stopped fighting. I must say that what I admire about her, is her drive, her desire to get ahead.

You helped us a LOT last time, and because of that, Alexis is getting better every day … and that’s because she’s never given up (and I know she never will).

In January 2021, they had to do a cranioplasty, to reconstruct her skull that had been removed to allow her brain to swell. The procedure was perfect and on medical recommendation, she put her own skull back on, yes, hers, her own bone. The skull had been impeccably preserved in the hospital (Thank you Puerta de Hierro Hospital for this). The surgery was a success. And this motivated Alexis even more, as she felt “complete” again.

In March 2021, something happened, a bacterium made a small hole in the skin of Alexis’s head. Luckily, and due to the good and quick action of the doctors, the skull could be maintained, and Alexis got over it again.

Today we have a new challenge … after 8 months, her bone failed … yes, her own bone began to absorb. According to studies, this only happens in 3% of the cases, and if before the bad forecasts played in our favour, today the good forecasts played against us. This means that we must re-operate Alexis. Now, it will not be her bone, but a PEEK prosthesis, which is the recommended material for this type of surgery.

The problem, the insurance NEVER took care of the Alexis incident, neither for the stroke, nor for the complications afterwards. This already has us in a very complicated economic situation, still with debts for the latest procedures, and now with the need to perform this new surgery. This is why we request her support.

This time we want to do something different, and we are going to raffle off a 13 ” MacBook Pro among people who donate more than $ 25 USD. It may not be much, but it is what we can offer today. Also, rest assured that every time we say a prayer, they will be present in our prayers.

THANKS FOR YOUR HELP!