Sunnie Yu_English

Hua Jue Yu (Sunnie) is a member of the Home of Students and Scholars fellowship at San Francisco Chinese Alliance Church. She is a twenty-two years old international student from China who is pursuing a Master degree in Business Administration at San Francisco State University. On February 21st, she got into a car accident while driving with a friend to Great Canyon from Las Vegas. Sunnie suffered serious injuries. More than 90% of the 5th and 6th cervical vertebrae, which control the movement from the neck down, were dislocated, causing her to be paralyzed from trunk down. Due to the injuries of the cervical vertebrate, Sunnie lost sensation from the trunk down, control of her fingers and bowel movements. She is also experiencing other health issues such as unstable blood pressure, difficulty in breathing and
unsteady body temperature. Sunnie is now re-learning basic living skills under
the guidance of physical and occupational therapists.

Sunnie is being hospitalized in Phoenix and her parents arrived from Shenzhen, China to take care of her seven days after the accident after receiving an expedited visa. Her parents housing and transportation needs are being warmly provided by new acquaintances from the Phoenix Chinese Alliance Church. Since Sunnie's student health insurance which has a cap of $250,000 is depleted, the family is in immediate financial needs. The hospital has given Sunnie a two-week notice as of the 1st of April. Her parents are finding an alternate way to prolong Sunnie's treatment because she is not in any condition to fly home.

Despite all circumstances, you can see that Sunnie is still holding a smile and a cheerful spirit. Because of Sunnie's positive outlook, she was asked to comfort another 19 year-old girl in the hospital who suffered a similar injury. Sunnies mother started a blog about Sunnies recovery process in Chinese. You can continue to read about Sunnies condition at http://blog.sina.com.cn/sunniemom. The Chinese Students and Scholars Association at San Francisco State University have already set up a medical fund for Sunnie in Bank of America. People interested can make check payable to Hua Jie Yu with medical fund on the memo and mail it to: Attn: Hua Jie Yu Medical Fund, 28 Tapia Drive, San Francisco, CA 94132, USA.

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