Fundraiser For Whitney Jeppson

On Sunday August 9, 2020 my beautiful niece Whitney and a friend decided to ride his dirt bikes on his property down in Delta Utah. Whitney did everything right that day by wearing all the appropriate gear to protect herself, but unfortunately tragedy still struck and Whitney was hurt riding the dirt bike she was on with severe injuries. She was transported by ambulance to the closest hospital so they could stabilize her and while there they found out that Whitney had sustained a broken back and a fracture to her nose and eye socket and due to her back being broken and unstable they had to life flight her to the UVU hospital in Provo where she was put in the ICU. When they got her to the UVU they determined that she had a burst fracture of the T-12 in her back and she was paralyzed from the waist down and she was going to need immediate surgery. Whitney had to endure surgery during the worst part of Covid without her parents there by her side and being in the hospital alone. She had to have her T10-L2 fused and had to deal with being told she was paralyzed alone without having her parents there with her to deal with such tragic news. Whitney went through a lot in the hospital physically and mentally due to the accident but also because of the Covid restrictions and not being able to have family there with her. Whitney had to be moved to a rehabilitation center after her surgery and her back was stable enough with a back brace so she could start the rehab part of her recovery so she could build her upper body and build core strength. It was hard work and not only hard but physically and mentally. Whitney spent a month in the rehabilitation Center before going home.

Shortly after going home Whitney had to yet endure another surgery to fix her broken nose and eye socket that had been damaged in the accident which was another hardship. Whitney was trying to keep positive and deal with what was happening to her and was trying to move forward as good as she could but another blow was about to be dealt to her. She has a sweet little boy that she loves and adores and is her whole life and he is what kept her going and has kept her mentally going and moving forward and he loves her so much to and during this horrible accident his dad had him to help her through this hard time while she was getting better but unbeknownst to her when she got home from rehab and settled in and got used to her new way of living she wanted to get back to their regular normal guidelines for their custody of him and he refused and took him from her and didn’t allow her to see him and petitioned for full custody and now she is in a court battle to get him back. This has devastated her and financially hurt her as well. She hasn’t been able to work since the accident has happened. She has had one thing after another happen that has been out of her control but yet she has kept positive and done what she needs to do to try and get better. But once again Whitney was hit with a devastating set back, she developed a pressure sore that she fought for months putting her in bed rest and while having this pressure sore she became septic and ended up in the hospital due to being full of infection.