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Please help my brother

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My brothers name is Michael. Since I was a young kid, my brother has always been my idol. He was everything I wanted to be. He had the outgoing personality, values, dance moves, sense of humor...everything.
In 2000, he got married. He bought a nice house. They had a daughter together. He worked his ass off for her. She turned out to be lazy and spent get days flirting with guys online instead of taking care of the house. My brother would work 12 hour days and find her on the computer, wearing his clothes because all of hers were dirty. He'd have to do laundry, cook and clean the house, which he did all in stride. Obviously, the marriage ended in divorce. He lost everything. She threw out all of his belongings while he was working one day.
My brother took it hard and during the summer of 2005, he attempted suicide. It was a miracle he survived. Ever since then, he's suffered from mild seizures that nobody has really been able to diagnose or control since they happen so randomly. When my father got sick in 2007 due to cancer, my brother moved in with my parents and sisters to help out. My father passed away September 26, 2009. My brother stayed with my mother and sister to help out. My mother passed away suddenly to bronchial pneumonia August 29, 2013. My brother took on the task of taking care of my younger sister, who is developmentally disabled. My brother is a painter by trade. That November, he fell off of a roof and fractured his neck and collarbone, and broke several ribs, one of which punctured his lung. During the following weeks of his recovery, my brother confessed to being suicidal again. We sought treatment and everything seemed to be doing well.
At the end of May, my brother had a seizure at work and his boss laid him off until he had the situation under control. My brother typically is the painter who goes on the 40 foot ladders, and with him falling off of a roof just recently, I can understand his boss's position. My brother sought further treatment for his condition.
June 14, 2014 at about 2:30 AM, I received a phone call from my little sister my brother attempted suicide again. I rushed over to the house and found my brother in the basement. He was unconscious, with an extension cord around his neck, lying in a pool of blood. He had slit his wrists and when that didn't seem to work, he went into the basement to hang himself. By freak chance, and I believe divine intervention, my sister was awoken by a wrong number calling. She noticed my brothers suicide letter and went to find him. Being discovered, my brother tried to finish things quick and amputated his left hand with a power chop saw. I was able to control the bleeding until the paramedics arrived.
My brother has been in the hospital/psych ward for the last month, getting treatment and recovering. They weren't able to save his hand. He should be getting released soon and is planning on seeking outpatient therapy well as volunteering to speak to people about what he's been thru and trying to prevent others from going down his path. He's got a lot of obstacles still in front of him and I'm trying to set this fund up to help him along. We are currently going thru the process of getting my sister in a program that assists people with developmental disabilities. I just need assistance getting my brother stable and back on his own two feet. Donations will go to help paying his medical bills, psychological therapy, purchasing a prosthetic, helping him get caught up on child support and utilities, and getting him medical treatment for his seizures so he can return work. Thank you.



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Keith Scott
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