"We had one family who said they gave up their Christmas presents this year to be able to donate for Alice and it made my wife and I cry," he said. He said that when he was shopping at Costco last week, multiple people recognized Alice and stopped him to ask how she was doing. Gray expressed deep gratitude for those who went out of their way to help. The couple felt as though everyone was rallying for their daughter's success. Gray said the community's generosity left the family in awe. Look who got her feeding tube out tonight! #alicestrong #progressĪ photo posted by Jason Gray on at 7:57pm PSTĪ GoFundMe account created by friends at the end of December brought in more than $66,000 to support the family. Then after the word got more out and people started posting on Instagram - it has been crazy the amount of support we've gotten from the community." "We relied on that, but also our friends at Studio C and BYU-TV helped us a lot initially. ![]() "Obviously, when it first happened it was super traumatic and my wife and I kind of took turns on who was the strong one and who gets to cry and be sad," Gray said. She went from being perfectly healthy to not knowing - almost in an instant - if she was even going to live. She had met all of the goals the doctors wanted."Īlice was a "super happy, healthy" little girl, so Gray said the aneurysm was completely unexpected. "You start to go crazy so we were glad to go home. ![]() "Hospitals are great and we're glad we were there with some of the best doctors and nurses in the United States, but I don't think people were meant to be in the hospital for that long of a time," Gray said. The young daughter of "Studio C" star Jason Gray was released from the hospital in the middle of January. OREM - A month and a half after surviving a life-threatening brain aneurysm, 20-month-old Alice is back at home with her parents. ![]() Reading or replaying the story in itsĪrchived form does not constitute a republication of the story. Only for your personal, non-commercial use.
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