Sad news for Mu Lambda Chapter

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Hi yall,

I just thought I would forward this to all of you. It was sent to our chapter earlier in the week. Please keep them in your prayers!

Ladies -

I wanted to let you all know of a very sad situation at Mu Lambda chapter.
The CA, Alison Presley, was pregnant with her first child due in November.
She had a medical emergency where the placenta tore away from the uterus.
The baby was without oxygen and she had internal bleeding. The baby
unfortunately died before it could be delivered and Alison underwent surgery
to repair the internal bleeding. She then experienced a blood clot that
moved to her brain and underwent brain surgery for that. She is currently
under heavy sedation and they're not sure what the outcome will be. They
fear she may have permanent damage from going without oxygen because of the
blood clot...but no one knows for sure.

I know this is horrible news to deliver over email, but I wanted to get the
word out. This all happened on Tuesday and I learned about it last night.
CDNS Terry is in contact with the other advisors and CB officers. The
chapter members are very upset, but we've suggested getting a counselor from
the university to assist. Right now it seems to be a waiting game to see how
she does. There are a lot of AOII's in the area there who are willing and
able to assist with anything...once we know what may be needed.

Since this AOII chapter is so new, I was thinking it would be nice if we
encouraged our other collegiate chapters to send them a note to let them
know we're all thinking of them. They're not in this alone, although I'm
sure they feel that way right now. If you could send a note and encourage
your chapters to do the same, I think it would really help the Mu Lambda
members to know that other AOII's are thinking of them during this rough
time.

If anyone has other ideas or suggestions in how to assist either Alison or
the chapter, please let me know. Please keep Alison in your prayers. I'll
keep you posted as we hear more.

I hope the chapters will be willing to send a note of encouragement to
the members of Mu Lambda. The address is

AOII-Mu Lambda
1000 Holt Ave.
Box 2792
Winter Park, Florida 32789