OCC Student Zeke Kendall Suffers Stroke and Continues to Need Help
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Photo: Zeke testing out the "Freedom Driver" backpack.
When will sweet Zeke Kendall catch a break? The 19-year-old Costa Mesa resident was rushed to the UCLA ICU back in November because his heart was suddenly failing. The Weekly has been in touch with Kendall's sister, Amber Weiser ever since and reported on the developments. But this week we received some more devastating news.
Last weekend, Kendall suffered a stroke due to a blood clot that had traveled to his brain. The stroke left him with partial blindness in one eye, and without the ability to read. Until that point, Kendall was still in the ICU recovering from his artificial heart transplant. His was growing stronger and continued to have a nice, healthy, sarcastic attitude about the whole thing.
Even after the stroke, it appears that not much has changed. "I went to see him and he is already reading sentences," Weiser commented only a few days after the occurrence. "It was a set back, but we are moving forward again."
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To help with expenses, the family has set up a donations page and will have a fancy auction at Mixology in Los Angeles on Thursday, Feb. 21. Oddly, and fantastically enough, the family has Mario Lopez and Maria Menounos to thank for setting up the auction. The two celebrities will host the event and auction off things like a signed Lakers b-ball, shopping sprees, and vacations. A ticket to the event will cost you $100 (tax-deductible), and you may purchase them until Feb. 14 on the Children's Organ Transplant Association website.
{Register to be an organ,eye and tissue donor. To learn how, www.donatelife.net or www.organdonor.gov}
Photo: Zeke testing out the "Freedom Driver" backpack.
When will sweet Zeke Kendall catch a break? The 19-year-old Costa Mesa resident was rushed to the UCLA ICU back in November because his heart was suddenly failing. The Weekly has been in touch with Kendall's sister, Amber Weiser ever since and reported on the developments. But this week we received some more devastating news.
Last weekend, Kendall suffered a stroke due to a blood clot that had traveled to his brain. The stroke left him with partial blindness in one eye, and without the ability to read. Until that point, Kendall was still in the ICU recovering from his artificial heart transplant. His was growing stronger and continued to have a nice, healthy, sarcastic attitude about the whole thing.
Even after the stroke, it appears that not much has changed. "I went to see him and he is already reading sentences," Weiser commented only a few days after the occurrence. "It was a set back, but we are moving forward again."
Continue reading
To help with expenses, the family has set up a donations page and will have a fancy auction at Mixology in Los Angeles on Thursday, Feb. 21. Oddly, and fantastically enough, the family has Mario Lopez and Maria Menounos to thank for setting up the auction. The two celebrities will host the event and auction off things like a signed Lakers b-ball, shopping sprees, and vacations. A ticket to the event will cost you $100 (tax-deductible), and you may purchase them until Feb. 14 on the Children's Organ Transplant Association website.
{Register to be an organ,eye and tissue donor. To learn how, www.donatelife.net or www.organdonor.gov}
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