According to a GoFundMe set up by Jennifer Ritter, a University of Georgia senior is on life support. At the same time, she was on spring break in Mexico because her friends could not wake her.
By late Monday afternoon, the fundraiser had earned more than $107,000. Any funds raised, according to Ritter, will be used to fly Burke from Mexico to Jacksonville, Florida, in a life-saving aircraft.
Friday morning, Burke in Cabo San Lucas awoke feeling okay, but while eating breakfast, Ritter reported that Burke started complaining about a headache.
Her friends attempted to wake her awake when she went to her room to rest but were unable. A few hours later, they phoned an ambulance.
She was brought to a hospital, where an arteriovenous malformation was identified. Ritter reported that Burke had a cerebral hemorrhage.
According to Johns Hopkins Medicine, arteriovenous malformation happens when a collection of blood vessels fails to develop correctly in the body.
Bypassing healthy tissues, arteries, and veins become “unusually knotted and create direct connections,” according to research from Johns Hopkins.
Doctors in Mexico concur, according to Ritter, that Burke needs to be returned to the United States right away for treatment.
Ritter wrote on the Fundraiser, “So many individuals have come out wanting to help, which is a measure to how many people Liza has touched.
“She is sincere, energetic, playful, and fearless. She still has so much to offer the world.”
