Waking Up Jordan
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Our friend Jordan is stuck in a living nightmare and needs help. On September 5, Jordan Roman and her husband Chris were finishing packing and getting ready to move into their first home together. While carrying a box to the car, Jordan tripped over a curb into a pothole and broke her ankle in three places. Instead of spending their first night in their new house as planned, Jordan was rushed to the hospital and told she would need to stay overnight to have ankle surgery the following morning to alleviate the intense pain she was in.
During what should have been a routine surgery, something catastrophic happened -- Jordan went into cardiac arrest in the middle of the operation. Although the chance of surviving intraoperative cardiac arrest is very unlikely, Jordan had her first miracle: doctors were able to successfully resuscitate her and get a pulse going just as Chris was rushed into the operating room to see her.
However, due to the lack of oxygen to her brain during the time her heart stopped, Jordan has suffered significant brain trauma. She is medically unconscious, which means she is currently unable to communicate as her brain tries to heal and rebuild itself. Jordan has been fighting since she entered the Neuro ICU, and her body has grown stronger every day. However, in order to give her a chance at “waking up” again, she will need the best possible care available.
The thought that someone could trip while walking down the street and somehow wind up with a serious, life-altering brain injury is incomprehensibly tragic. And the fact that it happened to one of the kindest, most selfless people is truly unfair. Everyone who knows Jordan can attest to her empathetic and vibrant personality. Her life has been spent in service of others, from teaching children in Kenya, to her work at home in Chicago helping families get the food and benefits they need at the Chicago Food Depository. Just a month before her accident, she began her dream job with Exodus World Service, where she assisted refugees coming to America. This amazing work involved food drives, setting up their homes, and being a friend and ally to refugee families. She has lived her life helping others, but now she needs our help.
Your donations will give Jordan access to the best possible medical care and therapy for her difficult recovery journey, and ensure she and Chris don’t lose their new house so that Jordan has a place to come home to. Chris extends his utmost gratitude, and is incredibly thankful for anything you can contribute to help Jordan come back to make their new house a home.
During what should have been a routine surgery, something catastrophic happened -- Jordan went into cardiac arrest in the middle of the operation. Although the chance of surviving intraoperative cardiac arrest is very unlikely, Jordan had her first miracle: doctors were able to successfully resuscitate her and get a pulse going just as Chris was rushed into the operating room to see her.
However, due to the lack of oxygen to her brain during the time her heart stopped, Jordan has suffered significant brain trauma. She is medically unconscious, which means she is currently unable to communicate as her brain tries to heal and rebuild itself. Jordan has been fighting since she entered the Neuro ICU, and her body has grown stronger every day. However, in order to give her a chance at “waking up” again, she will need the best possible care available.
The thought that someone could trip while walking down the street and somehow wind up with a serious, life-altering brain injury is incomprehensibly tragic. And the fact that it happened to one of the kindest, most selfless people is truly unfair. Everyone who knows Jordan can attest to her empathetic and vibrant personality. Her life has been spent in service of others, from teaching children in Kenya, to her work at home in Chicago helping families get the food and benefits they need at the Chicago Food Depository. Just a month before her accident, she began her dream job with Exodus World Service, where she assisted refugees coming to America. This amazing work involved food drives, setting up their homes, and being a friend and ally to refugee families. She has lived her life helping others, but now she needs our help.
Your donations will give Jordan access to the best possible medical care and therapy for her difficult recovery journey, and ensure she and Chris don’t lose their new house so that Jordan has a place to come home to. Chris extends his utmost gratitude, and is incredibly thankful for anything you can contribute to help Jordan come back to make their new house a home.
Organizer and beneficiary
Allison Allyn
Organizer
Oak Lawn, IL
Chris Roman
Beneficiary
