Jessica Stevens. I haven't heard from her in a year and a half and we used to talk often. The last I heard she was hospitalized and being given IV combined with anti-allergy medications because she was reacting to all medicines.
Posted by bettyg (Member # 6147) on :
hi mike,
was her name here jessica ??
i did a search of directory and found the below if it will help at all, where you could post a note to the LAST NOTE SHE STARTED to see if it gets there to her or not?
Found 4 matches � # | Displayed Name | Member Status Posts Occupation Location Interests jessica247 (Member # 6642) Junior Member More � Registered: 14-12-2004
� Less 2 Housewife Germantown, MD JessicaF (Member # 12778) Junior Member More � Registered: 07-08-2007
� Less 0 Idaho Jessicas Ticked (Member # 14185) Junior Member More � Registered: 26-12-2007
� Less 3 Bedridden w/ Lyme disease New York Gettting Well! Jessica_Watkins (Member # 15111) Junior Member More � Registered: 02-04-2008
� Less 1 Consultant Connecticut
another idea would be checking melanie reber's lymememorial.org site to see if her name is listed in the obituaries ... good luck mike Posted by METALLlC BLUE (Member # 6628) on :
No news?
Posted by Stacyb (Member # 13084) on :
Hi Mike,
I use to talk to a Jessica too. Her user name was JRachel1. I have not seen any new post or reply's from her in over a year too was this the same girl? I know that state she was from too so PM me. She was very ill and I have posted to try and contact her but no one replied.
Posted by maureen2174 (Member # 11471) on :
I have been wondering about her a lot too. She lives in Long Island I think. I used to correspond with her on Healingwell. I tried to send her a message on facebook, but I never heard back and I don't think she posts anywhere else.
She had been posting a lot on the facebook lyme awareness group, but when I checked a few times, I didn't see any posts by her for a long, long time. I should probably ask someone in that group if they have heard from her.
Posted by METALLlC BLUE (Member # 6628) on :
Stacy, Are we talking about the same Jessica. The one I'm talking about had the username: stevensjess11 for both her Yahoo and AIM.
Maureen, that sounds exactly like who I'm talking about. I'd say her and I were pretty good friends here online, but no one has told me anything, including her family. I spoke to her sister at one point and she told me zip.
I was a member of her facebook group and she hasn't sent me anything either from that.
Posted by IckyTicky (Member # 21466) on :
If she has a facebook group or a FB account, can't you go and see if she has been posting or if people have been posting to her wall?
Posted by METALLlC BLUE (Member # 6628) on :
Yeah. She hasn't posted anywhere that I've seen. It's as if she just disappeared one day.
Posted by Looking (Member # 13600) on :
Mike, there are a couple of recent posts from August 2009 about Jessica (if this is the right Jessica). She sounds very ill and extremely debilatated. Maybe we could all send our good thoughts & prayers her way. My heart goes out to her & her family, this is so sad especially for such a young life.
I just ran my mouse over the photos at the top of her page -- Jessica's muscles have atrophied so badly -- it is hard to look at. Posted by METALLlC BLUE (Member # 6628) on :
Yes yes, that's Jess! Oh no! Posted by Looking (Member # 13600) on :
Mike, I just found her blog that her family is keeping updated for her:
You can leave a comment there for her.
Posted by Looking (Member # 13600) on :
Jessica's Mom is asking for prayers since Jessica has taken a turn for the worse. This ketamine treatment is controversial but when you live in constant pain and have exhausted all other treatment I can understand taking a chance.
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Hi to all,
Just wanted to ask everyone to please pray extra hard for Jessica today. Yesterday afternoon, Jessica started to have fever. It went as high as 104.5.
Tests were taken and we await their results, but because Jessica's blood counts are very low and she is very susceptible to infection and because the fever was so high, she required a blood transfusion, as well as oxygen 24/7.
Other tests are going to be performed to see what the cause of the infection could be. Please keep her in your prayers today!
Sending healing thoughts and many prayers for recovery to Jessica. This is so heartbreaking....
Gael
Posted by btmb03 (Member # 18394) on :
I don't mean to ruffle any feathers but the title of this thread mystifies me: why would someone post asking if Jessica was still alive? My heart breaks for Jessica and her family. Many of us are bedbound or close to bedbound in extreme distress 24/7.
"Does anyone know how this patient is doing?" to me might have made more sense. I would hate to think someone on LN would wonder if I were "dead or alive" just because I didn't post for a while...but to inquire how I was doing is another matter! Posted by Looking (Member # 13600) on :
I do believe her debilitation is severe since she is on tube-feeding, paralyzed, confined to bed, in constant pain and down to skin & bone at 92 lbs & not able to post on any forums.
I sure hope there are not many of us in that bad of shape. If there are, I'm sending heartfelt prayers to them.
Posted by btmb03 (Member # 18394) on :
Thank you for that information Looking. I am unable to tolerate reading more than a couple of lines or skimming a post so I may have missed that.
What a difficult situation for her and her family, so much suffering. I still maintain there might have been a different way to title this thread, only my opinion of course.
Posted by bettyg (Member # 6147) on :
would someone post this link on jessica's blog after metallic blue changes the heading??
i was going to post; but couldn't remember my id there, etc.
so i'll extend my sincerely prayers for jessica and family here on this post.
jessica, we pray that you will be able to overcome your latest major setback with god's help and strength.
praying you'll turn the corner and start on your road to remission. hugs/kisses
bettyg, iowa lyme activist Posted by liesandmorelies (Member # 15323) on :
btmb03,
I think that Metallic Blue was and is very frightened and was genuinely looking for her.
I will say this though, the headline caught my attention, which I think MetallicBlue wanted as he is desperately trying to get a response.
It made me open the thread and I would have SRB.
I do see your point, but I think he was desperate and was seriously wondering how she was doing and hoping someone knew where or how she was.
Posted by liesandmorelies (Member # 15323) on :
This is very very sad indeed.
My thoughts and prayers are with you and your whole family Jessica.
We are all thinking and praying for you here on Lymenet.org
God bless you and keep you gently in the palm of his hand.
Posted by ericaf (Member # 10929) on :
I can talk for Metallic Blue and I know he loves
Jessica very much as in the past when she was
still able to use a computer they would talk for
hours nearly every night. He has been looking for
her for months and just got very scared.
He has been very close to death himself and
naming death or talking about it is not a tabu
for him anymore.
He just wanted someone to tell him so he could
find peace of mind as we have been thinking about
her all the time.
If people find the tilte disturbing then I'm sure he'll change it, I don't think he would want that either.
Jess, you are a warrior and I pray God gives you
the strengh to keep fighting. Me and Mike will
be thinking and praying for you and are sending
all our love to you and your mom. Love you.
Posted by Stacyb (Member # 13084) on :
Metallic,
I am not sure this is the same Jessica? The one I use to talk to was from NY and her user name here was JRachel11 I believe. The story sounds very much like the Jessica I knew. She too was very sick and at the same point as this other Jessica if they are 2 different folks. Also I think they are the same age too so maybe it is the same person and the user names are different.
I am going to read all the blogs and I hope and pray she can make some progress back to health.
Stacy
Posted by Stacyb (Member # 13084) on :
Metallic,
I watch the video and read Jessica's story. It sure sounds like the same gal that I use to talk to. The story even mentions her LLMD which is the same one that the Jessica I knew saw too.
Stacy
Posted by Pinelady (Member # 18524) on :
Praying for Jessica.
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