UPDATE 8/6/2026

Hello everyone. Today was the day of my medical testing at the university of minnesota today.  I went in suspecting I had other vascular compressions and I do.  I have superior mesenteric artery syndrome (mild to moderate compression of the small intestine).  Severe thoracic outlet syndrome (left shoulder and rib pinching artery).  The jugular vein compression is very bad in both sides. On the way home Dr. Cha's team called and scheduled me to meet her on august 28th to go over everything.  A 18 months process has taken me 8 weeks because she has never seen a case this bad.  She has already sent everything to Connecticut and they have stated to be prepared to be medflightef by helicopter due to the severity.  However that presents a huge risk as flying could quickly be fatal.  Due to all of this we are preparing for the surgery to occur very soon.  Please continue to share and donate as we are needing everyone's continued love and support to get through this!