Lt. Miles and his wife have spent the largest part of their lives, both on and off the job, serving their community. It is with heavy hearts that they now find themselves reaching out for assistance. Their 24 year old daughter has previously battled an aggressive form of Crohn's Disease but has now developed an undiagnosed illness as well. Since October of 2020, she has spent weeks in the hospital and, when not hospitalized, requires ER visits several times per week. She has been largely unable to keep down solid foods since October, they have recently discovered her right kidney is not functioning properly and her liver and thyroid are not functioning correctly either. They have yet to be able to determine a cause. She has been hospitalized for Sepsis, hospitalized as a result of a nonworking kidney, hospitalized for dehydration and has even been treated with an antifungal on the off chance she has developed a fungus in her blood from so many antibiotics, etc. She has met with Urologists, Digestive Disease Specialists, Infectious Disease specialists and more. Her specialists have recommended that she seek treatment at the Mayo Clinic to determine the cause that they have yet to locate. None of her specialists are located in Lake City, requiring frequent trips out of town for her ER visits, hospital stays and doctors appointments. The Mayo Clinic does not accept her insurance but are willing to accept her case and take monthly payments but she will still be required to pay a sizable deposit. Due to all of the above, she has been unable to work since October and will be unable to work for the foreseeable future. She and the family are currently unable to meet the deposit or the additional monthly payment requirements. She has two 4 year old children as well. Lt. Miles and his wife have been covering her expenses for a number of months to include co-pays for testing, transportation expenses, living expenses, etc. She does have an additional surgery upcoming in January to address the Crohn's side of her illness. She will have a recovery time of at least 6 to 8 weeks. She will then need to be seen at the Mayo clinic for diagnostic testing. The Mayo Clinic will bring an additional set of expenses such as transportation, lodging, time missed from work, etc. Lt. Miles and his wife are doing their best to, not only locate resources and medical treatments, but to keep up with the added expenses. As a result, the ones that have always been a support to others now find themselves is need of support........please note that the family continues to work to identify other resources. In the event that money is raised beyond what is actually needed in the future, it will be donated back to another Fund the First campaign. Thank you in advance for sharing this, any donations and your continued prayers for the family.
Updates
Late Friday evening, Destiny tested positive for Covid. She had developed a pretty nasty cough and was complaining that her chest hurt. Honestly, we all thought that it was because she has been bedridden for a week, as that sometimes happen with bedridden patients. She has been tested for Covid at every ER visit (several per week) and every hospitalization. Unfortunately, it appears that she contracted the virus while hospitalized for her other ongoing issues. She has been moved to the COVID floor and is unable to have visitors so we are trying to video chat as much as possible to keep her spirits up. She has yet to be able to keep anything down since being admitted on Christmas. They have also started her on oxygen earlier today just to help give her lungs a boost.
She is able to see everyone's messages and both she and our family have been overwhelmed with the love, support and prayers sent by so many! Please keep them coming! The first objective is to treat her and keep her as comfortable as possible relating to the virus. Secondly, to get her to a point that she can begin to keep down either solids or liquids as that is what caused her hospitalization to begin with and lastly, once released, to get her to the Mayo Clinic as soon as possible.
We are inching closer and closer to our goal. Please continue to share the link with your friends and family so that we can get her diagnosed and active again.
Thank you!
Destiny has been back in the hospital since Christmas day. They did a colonoscopy and endoscopy yesterday and are awaiting biopsy results. She still has been unable to keep much of anything down despite the IV anti-nausea medications. Her iron is very low so they gave her an IV iron infusion last night. There was not much change to her iron levels so they have ordered another infusion this morning. Thank you all for your continued prayers!
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Reply from Elizabeth Price Miles3 years ago
Reply from Elizabeth Price Miles3 years agoStan & Chris, while we have tried to find words beyond "Thank You" to express the sincere gratitude we feel, none seem appropriate...THANK YOU for your support of our daughter and our family. We look forward to the day when we come out the other side and can pay it forward! Many Hugs to you both <3
Reply from Elizabeth Price Miles3 years agoOur family has been overwhelmed by the support from angels like yourself! You will never know how sincerely we say THANK YOU!
We will be praying for her and the family.
Reply from Elizabeth Price Miles3 years agoRachel, Thank you for your generosity and your prayers! Destiny and our family have been so touched by the support. Your are appreciated more than we can express <3
Keeping you guys in our thoughts and prayers
Reply from Elizabeth Price Miles3 years agoPhillip & Jada, THANK YOU just doesn't cover it! We have all been so moved by the support, prayers and generosity provided to our family <3 There are really no words!
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Reply from Elizabeth Price Miles3 years agoThank you soooo much! We have been overwhelmed by the love, support and generosity from people like yourself <3 It means more than you will ever know!
Reply from Elizabeth Price Miles3 years agoWe are sending you many sincere hugs of appreciation <3 It is hard to explain what your generosity means to our family! Thank you for being one of our angels!
Reply from Elizabeth Price Miles3 years agoHonestly, we struggle to find the right words to express how much this means to our family. For lack of better ones, THANK YOU! We look forward to paying it forward in the future <3
Hugs and prayers to all of you!
Reply from Elizabeth Price Miles3 years agoLorraine, Thank you for your love, support and prayers! You have been such a good friend and support to all of us <3 Sending you many sincere hugs and thank you for being such a wonderful sounding board for Destiny! I know it means the world to her <3
donated $250
Beth, Barb & I know how much family means to you and Andy... Keeping you guys in our thoughts and prayers..
Reply from Elizabeth Price Miles3 years agoThank you doesn't begin to cover it. You are such a blessing! We could not be more sincere in saying how much we appreciate your thoughts, prayers and generosity! We look forward to paying it forward when we come out the other side. THANK YOU!
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Jason, Thank you so much for checking in on Destiny, for offering us support and for your generosity. I know some many think that's just what family's do but to us it means so much more. We love you <3