Hello friends! You've all been invited to this group because of your friendship or relationship with Dan & the Price family. Most of you are aware of the struggles Dan and his family faced in 2009 - wouldn't it be nice to help them start 2010 on a brighter note? On that note, wouldn't it be a fun idea to do a little fundraiser for the family, to help them out however we can regarding Dan's ordeal? If you've ever dealt with an illness or had a family member deal with an illness, you understand that hospital bills add up - and quick! The Price family's positive and enduring attitude throughout the last 10 months has been remarkable despite any setbacks they may have encountered. So out of love for them and Dan I thought it would be nice to raise some funds for them, just as an effort to show them how loved they truly are.
If you have the means to and would like to donate to the Price family, I am working on setting up an account probably at Wells Fargo - I will update on here and on the facebook group with information as soon as possible!
If anybody else would like to help me organize funds or has other ideas on how they'd like to go about doing so, please contact me! Just think - if everybody who knew the Price family donated even $10! There is power in numbers, and, of course, in LOVE!
I'll attach Dan's full story from his caring bridge website here for anybody who is not familiar with it, as well as the link to his caring bridge that Amy updates frequently with photos and updates on Dan's progress via journal entries.
Dan's Full Story from Caring Bridge:
"As you are aware Daniel moved to Portland in September to begin his new life and dreams. He was attending Portland Community College and was working at the local swim/rec center. During the first week of February Daniel, as well as most of his classmates and co-workers had a virus, a simple cold. On the week-end of February 5th, we spoke to Daniel several times. It seemed he went home from work with a fever. He said" I just can't shake this cold". On Saturday, 2/6/09 Daniel said that he had a headache, his blood sugars (from his diabetes) were a little high and his fever was 100.3. Nothing too alarming. However, he did state "Mom, something feels wrong, I'm paranoid, someone is out to get me". Weird, Huh?
On Sunday, 2/7/09 we spoke again to him several times. His temperature was normal as were his blood sugars. Just a slight headache. The last phone conversation occurred at 12:30PM. Daniel told his Dad that he felt better and was planning to go to work for 1 o'clock. That was the last time we spoke to him. Daniel never made it to work that Sunday, or class Monday or Tuesday. Friends from school and work attempted to reach him on the phone and home. But no one anticipated that he was unconscious on the floor of his apartment.
On Tuesday at 5:00 PM when Daniel did not show for work the second time, Kevin, a long time friend managed to contact us in Bend. It was at that time that we knew something terrible had happened. At 6:00PM, Kevin and the apartment manager, with police and paramedics found Daniel unconscious on the floor of his apartment. He was taken to St. Vincent's Hospital. The origional diagnoses made via CAT Scan was "stroke". This seemed highly unlikely in a healthy 20 year old. Upon further testing, MRI and culture of spinal fluid from a lumbar puncture, the correct diagnoses of Herpes Simplex Encephalitis was confirmed. The culprit was the simple virus that causes a cold sore. Probably due to Daneil's busy schedule, not so great nutrition, his recent cold, and the fact of his diabetes, his immune system was less then perfect. The virus attacked internally and spread throughout his brain.
During the first eight days of his hospitalization, his condition was life threatening. It did not seem likely that he would survive. He was placed on total life support and an emergancy surgery was done to remove part of his skull to relieve the pressure of the swelling within his brain. But through the grace of God and the power of prayer he has survived and has begun the long recovery process."
Dan's Caring Bridge Website:
http://www.caringbridge.org/visit/danielprice
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