Jerilee Drynan Surgery Fund

Steve & Jerilee Drynan manage Three Rivers Humane Society  in Madras Oregon and Home At last Humane Society in The Dalles Oregon. They are hard working and well respected in both communities. On June 15th , 2020 Jerilee started having trouble making sentences and forming words. She was taken to the hospital in Madras. On the way she suffered a seizure. Upon arrival she was taken to the emergency Department where it was determined she needed a CT Scan. On the way to CT she suffered another seizure. Over the next 4 hours they performed various tests including a lumbar puncture. After exhausting their options they decided she needed an MRI of which they did not have the equipment. She was then transported by ambulance to St. Charles Bend. She went for the MRI that evening and it was determined that she has a 4mm x 7mm tumor over one of her speech centers in her brain. It is causing inflation and in turn causing her speech issues and seizures. She spent the next day and a half in the hospital finally becoming stable before they would let her go home. After meeting with a neurosurgeon is was determined that she now had an immediate  need for another MRI, this one is a functional scan and the tumor would then be removed as soon as possible. Fortunately the functional MRI has shown that the tumor is 1/2 inch above the margins and should be able to be completely removed without affecting her speech center. Jerilee will be out of work a totaling approximately 4-5 weeks with her husband caring for her. She and her husband both love their jobs and have some vacation to use but let's face it, you don't get rich working in Animal Welfare. The Drynans have no insurance, they fall into that familiar grey area where they don't qualify for the affordable care and the full premiums for the basic plans  are just too expensive. Thus have to pay for this out of pocket. This being the case they have small slush fund to pay for medical, this however far exceeds that fund. Jerilee was in early childhood education for Head Start and abuse prevention programs many years before changing careers to the animal welfare field. Throughout the years she has been there to help so many people and her passion and kindness have impacted the lives of hundreds of children and animals in her care. We are asking for your help to cover the costs of the lost wages, ambulance transport, hospital stays, surgery, and rehabilitation facilities estimating a total of $65000. We thank you for your consideration and any support will be greatly appreciated.