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‘Completely paralyzed in a place far from home’ Family of Kara Dunn asks for help bringing Flinn Scholar/UA Honors student back from Spain
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A few days into her trip to Spain, Kara Dunn, University of Arizona Honors College physiology major and Flinn Scholar, woke up paralyzed. Her brother, Ryan Dunn, wrote in a GoFundMe page that, after waking up June 5 “completely paralyzed in a place far from home,” Kara Dunn was rushed to a hospital and diagnosed with Guillain-Barré syndrome, a rare autoimmune disorder where a person’s body attacks their nerves. The exact cause of the disease is unknown, but it’s often preceded by a respiratory infection or stomach flu. Kara Dunn “The onset of the disorder was very sudden,” Ryan Dunn wrote on June 9. “Just the night before, Kara started feeling ill and had tingling sensations in her hands and face. She decided to sleep it off but woke up the next morning unable to move. At the hospital, she was sedated and intubated for severe pneumonia, which further complicated her condition.” Ryan Dunn wrote that he traveled to Spain to be with his sister while she was in the hospital, but as a medical student at the Mayo Clinic in Phoenix, he did not know how long he could stay in the country and wants to bring his sister home so she can recover. “All we want is for Kara to be able to come home and get the best treatment available so she can regain her strength,” Ryan Dunn wrote. “However, the only way this is possible is if she is air evacuated to Arizona.” In an email interview with Jasmine Demers, Daily Wildcat editor in chief, Ryan Dunn said that after further research, it may cost closer to $150,000 to transport Kara home, which is three times more than they originally expected.
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