SHARE ON: |
| |
| |
 |
 |
|
|
A Regina woman is raising money to travel to Rochester, Minnesota undergo heart surgery at the Mayo Clinic.
Julia Genaille, 18, has Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy (HCM), a rare heart disease that causes the thickening of the heart muscle. A doctor diagnosed her with the disease at the age of 12.
“He told my mom, right then and there, that my life was never going to be the same,” said Julia.
She had a pacemaker implanted in her heart six years ago. Following the procedure, she had no symptoms of the disease up until earlier this year. Julia said she has now gone from having a heart disease, to being in stage 3 heart failure.
“She went from being just kind of an average teenager, to not being able to get out of bed, not being able to go for walks, getting so short of breathe that she gets dizzy and has to sit down,” said Jessica Genaille, Julia’s mother.
Julia is scheduled to travel to Rochester in August to have open-heart surgery, which doctors hope will slow the progression of her disease and delay her need for a heart transplant.
“Not only would it be life saving, but it would be life altering. She could be an average 18-year-old again,” said Jessica.
Genaille said the province is covering the cost of the surgery. The only barrier is the cost of travel and accommodations.
“Because of having to quit my job and everything to take care of her during the pandemic and while she’s been getting sicker, that’s a struggle,” said Jessica.
The family has put on several fundraising events, and has now started a GoFundMe page to raise the remaining dollars needed.
“I’ve missed out on a lot of possibilities,” said Julia. “And I really hope that, after this surgery, that I can come back to those possibilities.”
|
 |
|
 |
|
 |
|
 |
2 am |
| 21 ℃ |
| CLEAR SKY |
WIND: SSE 13 KM/H
GUSTING TO 14 KM/H |
|
|
|
3 am |
| 21 ℃ |
| CLEAR SKY |
WIND: SSE 10 KM/H
GUSTING TO 9 KM/H |
|
|
|
4 am |
| 21 ℃ |
| CLEAR SKY |
WIND: SW 5 KM/H
GUSTING TO 5 KM/H |
|
|
|
5 am |
| 21 ℃ |
| CLEAR SKY |
WIND: NW 10 KM/H
GUSTING TO 10 KM/H |
|
|
 |
6 am |
| 21 ℃ |
| CLEAR SKY |
WIND: NW 8 KM/H
GUSTING TO 8 KM/H |
|
|
|
7 am |
| 23 ℃ |
| CLEAR SKY |
WIND: WNW 6 KM/H
GUSTING TO 7 KM/H |
|
|
 |
8 am |
| 26 ℃ |
| FEW CLOUDS |
WIND: NNW 5 KM/H
GUSTING TO 5 KM/H |
|
|
|
9 am |
| 28 ℃ |
| FEW CLOUDS |
WIND: N 5 KM/H
GUSTING TO 5 KM/H |
|
|
|
 |
TODAY |
HIGH OF 36 ℃
LOW OF 21 ℃ |
| OVERCAST CLOUDS |
|
|
|
MONDAY |
HIGH OF 30 ℃
LOW OF 20 ℃ |
| OVERCAST CLOUDS |
|
|
|
TUESDAY |
HIGH OF 24 ℃
LOW OF 18 ℃ |
| OVERCAST CLOUDS |
|
|
 |
WEDNESDAY |
HIGH OF 26 ℃
LOW OF 17 ℃ |
| LIGHT RAIN |
|
|
|
THURSDAY |
HIGH OF 29 ℃
LOW OF 15 ℃ |
| CLEAR SKY |
|
|
|
FRIDAY |
HIGH OF 31 ℃
LOW OF 19 ℃ |
| FEW CLOUDS |
|
|
|
SATURDAY |
HIGH OF 32 ℃
LOW OF 17 ℃ |
| BROKEN CLOUDS |
|
|
|
SUNDAY |
HIGH OF 32 ℃
LOW OF 21 ℃ |
| LIGHT RAIN |
|
|
|
|
|
|
 |
 |
RICK MONROE
THIS SIDE OF YOU
02:07 AM |
|
 |
BROOKS AND DUNN
ILL NEVER FORGIVE MY HEART
02:03 AM |
|
 |
KANE BROWN
RESCUE
02:00 AM |
|
 |
LILY ROSE
ID BE YOU
01:57 AM |
|
 |
DEAN BRODY
DRINK AROUND
01:54 AM |
|
 |
CHRIS JANSON
TOO FAR GONE
01:51 AM |
|
 |
CHASE WRIGHT
BURN IT ALL DOWN
01:48 AM |
|
 |
THOMAS RHETT
FEELIN COUNTRY
01:43 AM |
|
 |
TAYLOR AUSTIN DYE
HURT MY FEELINGS
01:39 AM |
|
 |
WALKER HAYES
NEON LIGHTS
01:37 AM |
|
 
 |
