![]() Prior to having the infusion, Eliza had to have her tonsils and adenoids removed. The date Eliza is eligible to receive the IVIG treatment is June 14, 2019, which is also her birthday. The goal of this campaign is to raise this money so that the family will be able to get this treatment for Eliza. This amount must be paid before the treatment is given. Although some states cover this infusion, the insurance that Eliza’s family has in Wisconsin does not. ![]() Doctors will give her fresh antibodies, so that her body’s immune system will start to function normally again. Eliza will start with one infusion, but in some cases, it takes up to three infusions to see results. This link gives you a preview of what PANDAS is:Ī single infusion of fresh antibodies, called IVIG is derived from thousands of donors. Although, seemingly rare, specialists are now recognizing this disease and a form of treatment involving antibody infusions has given Eliza and her family hope. PANDAS or Pediatric Autoimmune Neuropsychiatric Disorder Associated with Strep, which occurs when a simple strep infection causes susceptible children to produce antibodies that attack their own brain, rather than the bacteria. More recently hope has been given back to them when they were told Eliza has PANDAS. Initially, Eliza was misdiagnosed with psychogenic non-epileptic seizures and when her symptoms did not improve, the doctors gave them little hope. ![]() For the past two years, her parents, Mike and Vicki Ellis have poured their heart and souls into trying to give their daughter her life back. She can no longer be left alone.Įliza is 18 years old now. Her life and the lives of her family have been turned upside down. In addition, she now falls frequently and has had two concussions. She began to experience difficulties in walking, speech regression, dystonia (a movement disorder with uncontrollable, jerky movements and painful muscle spasms), anxiety, depression, sleep disturbances, hallucinations and severe OCD. ![]() Her family never could have guessed where that would lead. She was living her life as a teenager, when at age 16, she woke up one day with an ear infection. Eliza Ellis has battled through devastating, life altering health issues as a child. Donations will be held aside to assist funding research focused on treating Rhabdoid Tumor Cancer in pediatrics.There is no greater pain than watching a child suffer. Donations, albeit none expected, in Eliza’s memory may be made to Eliza’s family through Eliza’s GoFundMe page “Hey Eliza" organized by Chance Moore. Eliza's family will be having private services under the care of Cotner Funeral Home. Eliza is survived by her loving parents Kathryn “Kate” Hudson and Chance Moore grandparents Nancy Hudson, Don Moore, and Robin Cook aunts Rachel Wrobel, Bella Moore, and great aunt Cheryl Becker uncles Tristan Moore and Adam Wrobel. Eliza is preceded in death by family she never met, as they, too, were taken too soon: her grandfather Richard “Dick" Hudson, her aunt Emily Hudson, and her baby sister, whom none were able to meet. Eliza embodied what it means to truly live. Eliza loved to be outside, to feel the crinkly grass beneath her toes, to take long walks and explore every detail this world has to offer, to dance and shake her booty, to sing songs from her favorite movies (including “My Fair Lady”), to swing under the trees, to laugh, to make everyone around her laugh, to embrace life for what it is – finite, unpredictably fragile, and very much worth living for. She was born in Columbus, Ohio on August 10, 2018. Eliza Adalynn Moore, 2 ½, of Hilliard, passed away as she laid between her loving parents on Sunday, June 20, 2021. ![]()
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