* URGENT REQUEST *

Dear friends, I am reaching out to you in our hour of need. Please if you pray, Please pray for my wife Jill as she is currently in ICU in an induced coma at the AZ Burn Center after a horrible chain of events, and is not likely to come home any time soon.

Jill has a chronic pain condition called CRPS, and nerve damage in her feet from a past failed foot surgery. Living with CRPS is not living, it is COPING. A few days ago we were just heading out to get some groceries needed during COVID when a neighbor came over to update us on some issues in the neighborhood. It was an overcast day and in the shade of our tree didn't think much about any present danger.

We stood talking about 20 minutes, and without shoes on, Jill's feet unknowingly baked on the HOT Arizona driveway being much warmer than the air temperature. UGGGH! And worse yet, without this sensory feedback, her feet were badly burned but would not discover this occurred until several hours later upon visual inspection. By now the damage was already done. She has suffered third degree burns on both feet. 

Home care attempts did not go as well as expected. Jill will likely need a series of surgeries and skin grafts to save her feet and her life. She was in septic shock and medically unsuitable for surgery when paramedics brought her into the Burn Center.

For those of you who know Jill, she is usually an amazing creatively fun, loving, and generous person and makes everything beautiful. I love her dearly, will go to the ends of the earth for her, and I hope you will join me as I need your help.

As I write this, she is currently in ICU fighting for her life on a Ventilator being sedated in a coma to try to stabilize her vitals in hope to do surgery starting today. 

Please pray for her to become stable and strong enough to endure what comes next. We believe in the mighty God who loves us and has the power to heal and restore!

We appreciate all your support. If you would like to help out with expenses you can do that here.

https://www.freefunder.com/campaign/jill-fight-for-life

SEEKING A REAL PATH FORWARD...

Please Help Jill Fight Her Aggressive Debilitating Condition

Prior to this event, Jill's life was sidelined by a chronic pain condition called CRPS. It is poorly understood by the mainstream medical community, but does not get enough attention for much research although cases are on the rise.

Often referred to as the “Suicide Disease,” CRPS is a condition associated with the imbalance and malfunction of the autonomic nervous system. 

Jill is an amazingly multi-talented woman with a beautiful giving heart, who loves to use her creativity to help others and do charity work. Jill graduated in the top 1% of her class with honors in Interior Design at Phoenix College. She had begun to start up her own business, gathering up new clients.

After a tragic accident while volunteering for a charity, Jill broke her foot resulting in a Jones Fracture. Some nerves were severed during one of her follow up surgeries. As result, Jill now has Complex Regional Pain Syndrome, a neurologic disorder that causes tremendous pain. CRPS ranks at the TOP of the pain scale, it's unbearable. CRPS makes the severity of pain typically worse than the original injury itself. Doctors don't know exactly what causes it, but aggressively spreads throughout the rest of the body, removing it's victim's autonomy. It becomes dominant driving force in life, making you conform to its own agenda often taking away one's ability to function. Jill's quality of life has diminished to zero, this has had a tremendous impact on our family, career plans, social activities, even daily living or daily tasks have been greatly affected.

Traditional medical treatments have been unable to cure her condition nor provide any relief or comfort. After much thorough research we have found a clinic that understands and specializes in CRPS.

Dr. Katinka

A Fight Against Hopelessness

SPERO MEANS HOPE

The Spero Clinic treats the ROOT CAUSE – Neurologic dysfunction – this is a GAME CHANGER and not just another BAND-AID!

WATCH VIDEO: Finding Hope with CRPS

Jill has been watching for several years now, the personal challenges and amazing success stories of Spero Clinic patients find freedom from their relentless debilitating pain. After just 12-16 weeks of individualized intensive therapy, they are able to walk out pain free on their own, ringing that victory bell, and get back to life!

Jill hopes that someday soon that same victory will be HERS! Please help make Spero Clinic a reality for Jill.

Please check out The Spero Clinic page at https://www.thesperoclinic.com or

The Spero Facebook page regularly posts firsthand stories with real people who have been treated and recovered from this rare condition which is poorly understood by the mainstream medical community. 

See AMAZING PERSONAL STORIES of how they overcame. – they are truly inspirational.

HOW YOU CAN HELP JILL

OUR GOAL is to raise $50,000 to allow Jill to complete approximately 12-16 weeks of highly individualized treatment at the Spero Clinic. 

We need your help to get there.  

We have partnered with The Burning Limb Foundation (a 501(c)3 nonprofit) as our fundraising platform. 

DONATE WITH CONFIDENCE

Small Business or Corporate Sponsors can have Confidence of Integrity

100% of the proceeds of your donation will benefit Jill and are used to pay for treatment costs and expenses while we are there.

The Burning Limb Foundation is a 501(c)3 not-for-profit organization. ALL BURNING LIMB FOUNDATION DONATIONS are tax deductible, you will receive a receipt.

>>> How to Apply Donation to Jill Berg:

https://burninglimb.networkforgood.com/projects/120715-the-burning-limb-2021-giving-drive 

WE APPRECIATE YOUR SUPPORT!

Thank you so much for making a difference.

LEARN MORE ABOUT CRPS

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