Post by Todd on Feb 4, 2019 19:28:43 GMT -5
Dear Armchair Detective Company supporter,
As the New Year opens we have some very sad and unfortunate news to share with you. Shelby Arnold, majority shareholder and the very backbone of the ADC, has suffered a debilitating illness that will require the shutting down of the company.
As the holiday season approached, Shelby came down with a respiratory virus. As the week went on she began to feel oddly weak and shaky, and collapsed at work. By the weekend she had sought medical treatment several times, but tests for the flu and pneumonia came up negative so she was sent home.
The next morning, one week after initially getting sick, she woke up unable to lift her arms. She went back to urgent care where yet another doctor told her to go home and get rest. By evening, however, the paralysis had intensified to the point where Shelby could not lift her head, sit up and she was struggling to breathe.
The hospital did myriad blood tests; CT scans, x-rays, MRIs, an EMG, a nerve conduction study, and two Lumbar Punctures, but found nothing to explain her symptoms. Among other things, Shelby couldn’t swallow properly, and required oxygen and bipap breathing support.
Currently Shelby is unable to live independently. She cannot use her arms and can only slightly move her wrists and grasp with her hands, but her dexterity is vastly reduced, in addition to the significant pain she experiences daily from the damaged muscles. Her neck is also very weak and she requires part-time breathing support. A follow-up EMG test finally did find severe damage in all of the affected muscles. Medical specialists are now considering that Shelby may be a case of Acute Flaccid Myelitis (AFM), a new polio-like condition that mostly attacks children, though some adult cases have been recorded. The damage happens very quickly but heals extremely slowly, so while there is hope that Shelby will regain muscle control, there is no way to estimate how long it will take, as well as no guarantee that it will occur at all.
You can learn more about AFM here: www.afmanow.org/
Due to these terrible circumstances, the Armchair Detective Company is unable to produce or ship out any further Mysterious Cases or other products.
In the event of this kind of situation, as per your Terms of Agreement with Indiegogo, a campaign creator can offer an alternate perk, of equal or greater value, instead of the original perk.
Your contributions are non-refundable by Indiegogo and are made at your sole risk based on the evaluation of the campaign you are backing.
We are so very sorry that this has occurred and apologize and will be working on the alternate perk and hope to have it out to you in the next few months. Thank you very much for your patience and your continued support of what we tried to create.
The Armchair Detective Company
As the New Year opens we have some very sad and unfortunate news to share with you. Shelby Arnold, majority shareholder and the very backbone of the ADC, has suffered a debilitating illness that will require the shutting down of the company.
As the holiday season approached, Shelby came down with a respiratory virus. As the week went on she began to feel oddly weak and shaky, and collapsed at work. By the weekend she had sought medical treatment several times, but tests for the flu and pneumonia came up negative so she was sent home.
The next morning, one week after initially getting sick, she woke up unable to lift her arms. She went back to urgent care where yet another doctor told her to go home and get rest. By evening, however, the paralysis had intensified to the point where Shelby could not lift her head, sit up and she was struggling to breathe.
The hospital did myriad blood tests; CT scans, x-rays, MRIs, an EMG, a nerve conduction study, and two Lumbar Punctures, but found nothing to explain her symptoms. Among other things, Shelby couldn’t swallow properly, and required oxygen and bipap breathing support.
Currently Shelby is unable to live independently. She cannot use her arms and can only slightly move her wrists and grasp with her hands, but her dexterity is vastly reduced, in addition to the significant pain she experiences daily from the damaged muscles. Her neck is also very weak and she requires part-time breathing support. A follow-up EMG test finally did find severe damage in all of the affected muscles. Medical specialists are now considering that Shelby may be a case of Acute Flaccid Myelitis (AFM), a new polio-like condition that mostly attacks children, though some adult cases have been recorded. The damage happens very quickly but heals extremely slowly, so while there is hope that Shelby will regain muscle control, there is no way to estimate how long it will take, as well as no guarantee that it will occur at all.
You can learn more about AFM here: www.afmanow.org/
Due to these terrible circumstances, the Armchair Detective Company is unable to produce or ship out any further Mysterious Cases or other products.
In the event of this kind of situation, as per your Terms of Agreement with Indiegogo, a campaign creator can offer an alternate perk, of equal or greater value, instead of the original perk.
Your contributions are non-refundable by Indiegogo and are made at your sole risk based on the evaluation of the campaign you are backing.
We are so very sorry that this has occurred and apologize and will be working on the alternate perk and hope to have it out to you in the next few months. Thank you very much for your patience and your continued support of what we tried to create.
The Armchair Detective Company