You can help girl fighting for her life
Updated: November 26, 2012
A 14 month old Mahomet girl has been
fighting for her life since the day she was born.
Now, she's getting ready for a big
surgery.
Her outlook isn't good, but her family
hopes this will give her a longer life.
An oxygen tank is little Elizabeth Roy's
lifeline.
It helps her breathe.
That's not easy for Elizabeth, and her
life hasn't been easy either.
She was born four months premature.
"About 2 months after we were home, we
saw one of her doctors to develop a plan to come off of the oxygen, and they
did a procedure and said 'Ok, you have to go to St. Louis because she has these
growths in her throat around her vocal cords'. At that point it was basically
cutting off her airway," Elizabeth's mom, Heather Roy explains.
When the Roys made that trip, they
found out it was actually a virus in her voice box.
Elizabeth would need surgery every three
weeks to clear her airways.
On top of that, she has a chronic lung
disease from being born so early.
During her time in the hospital, Elizabeth
had a few struggles in the operating room.
"Before they decided to do another
surgery they thought, ok we're going to
take a little closer look at her heart and when they did, essentially they
found out that her heart was not in the greatest shape and basically told us
she has a couple of months to two years to live," Roy explains.
The Roys have spent Elizabeth's life
traveling to and from the hospital, trying to buy their daughter time.
"The more the disease progresses,
that's essentially it for her," Roy says.
The Roys hope Elizabeth's upcoming heart
surgery gives them more days at home, more smiles, and more chances to be a
family.
Elizabeth's surgery is on Tuesday.
This weekend, you have the chance to
help her and her family at a benefit.
It's on Saturday December 1st
from 4:00 p.m. to 2:00 a.m.
It's at 88 West Broadway, which is
located at 142 Lincoln Square in Urbana.
There will be ten bands on two stages,
here's the rundown:
5:00 p.m.- 6:00 p.m.- 90's Daughter
6:00 p.m.-7:00 p.m.- Bellflower Opry
7:00 p.m.-8:00 p.m.- The Boat Drunks
8:00 p.m.- 9:00 p.m.- TBA
9:00 p.m.- 10:00 p.m.- Sampson Jones
Gang
10:00 p.m.- 11:00 p.m.- Nickel and
Dimes
11:00 p.m.- 12:00 a.m.- Ryan Ideus
& Feudin' Hillbillys
12:00 a.m.- 12:30 a.m.- Andy Moreillon
12:30 a.m.- 1:30 a.m.- X-Krush
1:30 a.m.- 2:00 a.m.- Scathe
