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Richmond Mom Fights for Life in Kenya | Richmond News
A Richmond mother, Ayla Garcia, is fighting for her life in a Kenyan hospital after a brutal medical emergency during a mission trip—contracting salmonella from contaminated ice that rapidly spread to her organs, compounded by her sickle cell disease. Since July 11th, she’s endured dialysis, blood transfusions, and remains too ill for a commercial flight home. Her family, heartbroken and stranded thousands of miles away, is racing against time to coordinate her medical evacuation and cover $250,000 in urgent costs, turning to crowdfunding as international bureaucracy and privacy laws slow…
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