About Edawna . . .On Valentine's Day 2024 our family was hit with quite the shock. Edawna McQuade, our 19 year old daughter, was diagnosed with Moyamoya - a brain disorder that causes strokes and seizures. We are so very thankful to the doctors and nursing staff at Plumas District Hospital and at Renown who worked tirelessly to figure out what was going on. Edawna has a long road ahead of her as she will be needing brain surgery in the very near future. For now we are getting to know the doctors at Stanford who will be performing the surgery needed to repair Edawna's brain. This surgery will require that both Edawna and her mother take a total of three weeks off work and school with an additional 3 weeks following for Edawna's recovery. We anticipate a financial loss of $6,000 plus all the food and lodging for the duration of her surgery. We are beyond thankful grateful for all of the love, support, and prayer from our church family, friends, and. relatives. We will keep you posted on her progress and recovery process.
He pitches, we swing! Sincerely the Sturley McQuade Satterlee clan. |
NOTE: This page will continually be updated with the most recent news and information regarding Edawna's health and progress towards getting surgery and treatment.
Updates:
- Edawna has an appointment scheduled at Stanford for March 25th.
- Edawna had her appointment at Stanford on Monday, March 25th. She needs one new medication due to low blood pressure and her blood pressure needs to be monitored. The scheduling department will be contacting the family within 3 weeks. Edawna will need two surgeries one on each side of her brain - Each side within a few days of each other. Andrea will need to stay there during that time.
- Edawna & Andrea headed to Stanford on April 18th for Edawna to get an MRI and Cerebral Angiogram. After that Dr. Steinburg and his team will evaluate & discuss the results. Then Dr. Steinburg will decide when Edawna will receive brain surgery. Surgery could be scheduled as soon as the end of the month or beginning of May. The family is requesting and deeply appreciates all the prayers and for peace that passes through all of this as well as for miraculous healing for Edawna. Also please pray for God to guide Dr. Steinburg as he cares for Edawna.
- On 4-18 Mike Andrea and Edawna headed on down to Stanford's neurology center in Palo Alto for Edawna's MRI on day one and cerebral angiogram the morning of day two. In the long run all went well.
Day one: MRI went very well no hiccups.
Day two: cerebral angiogram. This day did not go as planned. Procedure was scheduled for 8:40 a.m. However due to two separate emergency cases that took precedence over Edawna's case. Her procedure was pushed until just after 5:00 p.m. with recovery time taking 6 hours, we didn't leave the hospital until midnight. This required another night stay. The blessing in this is we got to spend a little time walking the beach before heading home. Now that we're home and Edawna is resting and taking care. She's been ordered to take it easy, & no lifting over 5 lb until this coming Friday. She seems to be recovering quickly.
What happens next?: Dr Steinberg is to review the test results with his team. They will then come up with a plan and let us know how soon we should move forward with Edawna's two brain surgeries. Aiming for beginning of may. This final step is the most difficult daunting for us all to say the least but especially for Edawna. We lean heavily on the fact that our Heavenly Father Has us all in his loving hands. We thank you all for the love, prayers, and financial help in such a difficult time. Please keep those prayers coming! We can see and feel God working miracles each and every day.
With love, the Sturley McQuade Satterlee clan. - Edawna's surgeries are scheduled for the 22nd & 29th of May. She then has to stay for another week of recovery to make sure there are no complications. Please be in prayer for all of this!!!
- (Update on financial support: So far $5,100 (of the $6,000) has been raised to help cover the financial needs. If you would like to help with financial support, please see below for how to do that.)
How to support:
1) PRAY!
2) Give a financial gift - We would like to raise a total of $6,000 to help cover the anticipated financial loss PLUS the food and lodging needed for the duration of Edawna's surgery.
2) Give a financial gift - We would like to raise a total of $6,000 to help cover the anticipated financial loss PLUS the food and lodging needed for the duration of Edawna's surgery.
If you want to give financial support, here is how:
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3) Share this page with others!!! Share the link to this page on your FaceBook Page, Instagram, SnapChat, Email, or any other location.
Here is the direct URL that you can share with others that will go directly to this page: quincycommunitychurch.org/Edawna.html
4) Provide meals for the family. When we have more information about what is needed and how you can help provide meals for the family, we will list that here. So check back for how to help with this moving forward.
Here is the direct URL that you can share with others that will go directly to this page: quincycommunitychurch.org/Edawna.html
4) Provide meals for the family. When we have more information about what is needed and how you can help provide meals for the family, we will list that here. So check back for how to help with this moving forward.