Melba Hopper:  

CLASS OF 1988
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Crossville, TN

Melba's Story

After high school. I went to Vocational school, and studied business, after I got out. I went to work at the Health Department. The Job from Hell, but I was there for around 10 years. I was married to Tim E Davis, and had my little boy Ryan. We got a devorice. and I married my husband now (Billy Hopper Jr) a couple of years after my devorice.and I was forunate enough to quit work, and stay home with my little boy untill he started school, and then I went back to work at a chiropractic Center.for about 4 years. My husband and I have been married for almost eleven years now, he loves Ryan just like he's own, and I have a step son Brandon, he is 19 and in College in Knoxville. I had back surgery when I was 32, and have been disabled ever since, my L5 is sled off my tailbone 75%. I have an insterment (plates, and screws) holding it so it won't fall completly off. When they put the inturment in my back, they nerve damaged all my female parts, my left leg, and the lower part of my back. My little boy is 14 now. I almost lost him 4 years ago with e-coli. which attacked all major orgins, kidneys being one of them, he was on dialysis 24 - 7. He is now a study in Vanderbilt Children's Hospital, being the 1% in the United States,for E-coli to attack the heart. they put him in ICU, they had to go through the top of one of his legs to go up to the side of his heart to drain fluid out, and he had 2 dranged tubes out of that leg, 2 drainage tubes out o...Expand for more
f his chest, he was hooked up with 3 ports out his neck, 3 ports out of each arm, 3 out of of one of his legs,, and his heart rate/oxygen on the other leg. They got us ready for him to die the night he went into heart failer, becuase they didn't know how to treat e-coli with heart failer, they thought he had 2 viruses, because e-coli doesn't attack the heart,but he only had the e-coli. They treated him the best they new how, and Ryan was in the hospital almost 2 months, He get's his heart checked twice a year, and he is left with 23% of his Kidneys. He was on Dialysis for about a month and a half after he got out of the hospital.He doesn't have to have dialysis now, but he takes about 15-18 pills aday, and a shot every night. Other than that Ryan is doing well; He looks just like his Dad, and everybody like's to hang around him, because he likes to talk, and he is very funny too, but all in all he is a pretty good kid. I have a chihuahua his name is chester, and he is 3 years old, and hates everyone, but me. I guess that's been a very short versioon of my life for the past 20 years. It is really hard to believe that we have been out of High school for 20 years. It seem just like last year when Our Mom and Dad said "Boy I wish I had that much energy" Now were saying it. Hope everyone that reads my story, are doing well, and I wish all of you the best. Melba Hopper. The little girl in the picture is my niece, I spoil her Big Time!!!
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