Appeal for assistance for Aroland Family In Crisis
Help requested for family of sick teenager from Aroland First Nation.
The parents of a young 16 years old girl from Aroland, Mirabele Medowegan, are appealing for public support and donations from their daughter’s bedside at The Sick Kid’s Hospital in Toronto, to help them pay for the extra-ordinary expenses needed to remain in the city with their sick child.
Mirabele Medowegan, who is described by her attending surgeons as a very young 16 years old, is currently in critical condition as a result of serious congenital heart disease. Mirabele was diagnosed with a hole in her heart and an obstruction to the flow of her blood through her heart chambers at a very young age. She has undergone numerous surgeries and in 1998, Mirabele had a mechanical valve implanted into her heart and is dependent on blood thinners to maintain the correct flow of blood through her heart.
Recent dental abstractions have caused severe and uncontrollable post-operative bleeding for the teenager, who was admitted to Sick Kid’s over 9 days ago. Following numerous blood transfusions, doctors indicate that their only option may be to take Mirabele off her prescribed blood thinners, which could cause a potentially fatal blood clot of her heart.
Says family friend, Chief Sam Kaskeesh: “We have watched Mirabele struggle to survive since she was born. She is an incredibly strong girl who is a constant inspiration to all of us. I have no doubt that she will continue to put up the fight of her life and I only hope that the public shows as much generous support for her fight as they have for others in need recently, who are further away.”
Aside from the highly emotional trauma of nursing a sick child, the parents of Mirabele are facing the unwarranted predicament that has faced many others from this community; the high price of being able to be at their sick child’s bedside that is not paid by Health Canada.The family is asking the public for any donations that may help them to stay in Toronto with their daughter.
Anyone wishing to make a donation should contact Matawa First Nations Management: 807 344 4575 or 767 4443.