Thank you for all your
Generous Support
in helping us to
achieve our fund raising goal!
Our Progress to-date
New year – New hope!
Happy 2010 to all of the wonderful people who are helping Kerri through this journey. We travelled to see Dr. Anthony Kirkpatrick at the RSD/CRPS Treatment Center and Research Institute just before the holidays who agreed that Kerri is a good candidate for the Ketamine Coma Procedure. There are still a few people ahead of Kerri on the waiting list, so it looks like February or March will bring us to
We are so very blessed to have all of you in our lives – thank you so much. – Kathy, Mark, Kerri and Erin
Update - December, 2009
As the holidays approach, we want to thank all of you who have blessed our family with your kindness and well wishes, generosity, endless time and effort, and of course your prayers. We’re preparing to take the next step toward getting Kerri the help she needs, thanks to so many wonderful people.
We will travel to the RSD /
We’ll update the site again after our appointments with Dr. Kirkpatrick so please check back and Happy Holidays from the Jarvis Family.
Mark, Kathy, Kerri and Erin.
Update - June, 2009
The outpouring of generosity, love, and prayers for Kerri has been tremendous. We thank our family and friends, and so many others who have learned about Kerri's story and reached out to us, from the bottom of our hearts.
Kerri remains on the waiting list for the Ketamine Coma treatment in Saarbrucken, Germany, and Monterrey, Mexico. In the meantime she continues to undergo intravenous treatments with low dose ketamine every 2-3 months in Philadelphia. She will travel to the Hospital for Special Surgery in New York City, in July, for a specialized knee MRI (the site of her greatest pain at this time).
Since Kerri was first placed on the coma treatment waiting list in March of 2008, we have learned the true meaning of patience. Your generosity, reassurance and kindness have provided our whole family with comfort and peace of mind. Thank you all for karing4kerri!
Mark, Kathy, Kerri, and Erin
Kerri Jarvis has been struggling with a neurological disorder called Reflex Sympathetic Dystrophy (RSD) since October 2004. What was thought to be a simple stress fracture in her left heel has become a life threatening and fast-developing neurological disorder that has affected every part of her body. RSD causes a wide range of problems including excruciating chronic pain, severe sensitivity to touch and vibrations, swelling, bruising, paralysis, fainting, and difficulty with breathing.
On two separate occasions, Kerri has been rushed to the hospital totally paralyzed and unable to speak. Each time, it took months for movement to return, and she never completely recovered. She now has a limited breathing capacity, and RSD has attacked the nerves that control her heart. This causes her to suddenly faint and collapse with loss of memory for up to a day at a time. While Kerri's paralysis strikes without warning and is frighteningly unpredictable, the pain is not. The constant burning pain never goes away. Kerri never knows from day to day whether she can try to keep busy to take her mind off the pain or whether she will be unable to even get out of bed. Right now, she needs a wheelchair when traveling long distances.
She has gone for countless hours of physical rehabilitation and several low dose Ketamine Infusion Treatments, but her neurologist, Dr. Robert Schwartzman, feels that these will not be enough and her condition will continue to deteriorate. He has recommended her for the Ketamine Coma Treatment in Germany which will greatly improve her quality of life with less pain. This is the best chance to put her disease into remission. Without this treatment, doctors predict she will go into heart and/or respitory failure within the next few years. Kerri needs your help with raising the funds to make this all possible! Her family is now financially and emotionally exhausted. They need to raise $80,000 to cover all costs! Please give today!
The Jarvis family sincerely appreciates your kindness and support.
*Please note that gifts are not tax deductible.