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BI woman turns 100, then loses leg

Published 1:30 am Thursday, February 13, 2025

By Staff report

Louis Hoffman courtesy photo After turning 100, Jean Hoffman of Bainbridge Island had to have a leg amputated after developing a blood clot.

Louis Hoffman courtesy photo

After turning 100, Jean Hoffman of Bainbridge Island had to have a leg amputated after developing a blood clot.

A Bainbridge Island woman who just turned 100 is seeking help from the community after having a leg amputated.

Jean Leonie Calliet Alloin Hoffman developed a blood clot around Dec. 19, 2024, which turned to gangrene, said her son and caregiver Louis Charles Hoffman Alloin.

After turning 100 Jan. 6, 2025, she was taken Jan. 8 by emergency wheelchair transport on the ferry to the University of Washington Medical Center emergency department in Seattle in an attempt to save her leg. After that failed, she was taken to the operating room for emergency amputation.

She has been in the intensive care unit at Montlake Tower since then, pending transfer to Harborview Medical Center in Seattle for prosthetic therapy.

Her son has established a GoFundMe account on her behalf.

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