Cristina's Medical expenses

We need to raise $10,000 US Dollars for Cristina to have surgery on her broken leg.  She is only in her late forties and should not have to be a cripple for the rest of her life due to an overworked insurance system.

A little history:  I have a small store in Baja California and Cristina works in the store.  She is from Brazil and has been with me for almost 10 years.  She was living in the United States on a Visa and teaching when she and her friend went shopping near the Mexican border one day and ended up in the wrong lane on the freeway, headed for Mexico with the crossing only about 500 feet away.

They thought, oh well, we will have to cross and find a place to turn around and come back!  They did just that!  But.... when they got to the US Border, they discovered that Cristina's Visa had expired by 2 days and the border folks would not let her back in the US.......

She worked at getting her Visa back for quite a few years, her husband moved to Baja to be with her and join the fight.  Well, it has been 10 years and they are still here!  Obviously, they do not make the type of money here that they did in the US.

Now to her plight... Last Tuesday night (May 19th 2015), she fell in her home and broke her leg just below the knee.  It is a severe break, according to the doctors, but not impossible to fix.  I have seen the x-ray and they say it is fragmented into about 9 pieces.

They are waiting for the swelling to subside so they can operate.  The Doctor says there will be one plate for sure and maybe two although, he won't know until he does the surgery under a special type of scanner.  She will probably be off work and out of income for 3 months. 

We don't own a big business, it is really small, neither of us are Mexican and we don't qualify for Mexican Social Security so they do now take it from our pay...  She has a type of Insurance offered by the government for folks who are Permanent Residents called Seguro Popular.  Seguro Popular does not have room on their "Backed-up Schedule" to do her surgery for at least 4 weeks.  The doctors say that is way to long for her to wait.

Our next step was to collect some money so she could have an MRI, find a specialist who can and will do the surgery for a reduced rate and a hospital that has the equipment and technology for the doctor to operate and.... at a reduced rate.    We have found all these things and now we need to raise funds to cover the preliminary expenses, the surgical team, the hospital and all convalescent care complete with equipment that hasn't already been donated to us.

If you can help, even just a little, it all adds up.  She is such a nice person, easy going and fun to be around.  We just can imagine working without her!  All her friends have rallied around a put together enough for the preliminary expense money and the equipment, complete with sheets for the hospital bed.  But we need more help, your help.

Please donate and give Cristina a chance.  There is no such thing as "making payments" or getting a loan.  It is all "pay as you go" and up-front if you are to get treatment.

Thank you for your consideration and your donation!