Please Help Samantha!
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My daughter, Samantha, was recently (January 28, 2019) attacked by her boyfriend. She had received a phone call at work about his making some strange phone calls and had gone home to check on him. Within minutes of entering the apartment, he punched her in the back of the head and then proceeded to stab her with a butcher knife 5 times - 4 to the back and one to the upper chest/shoulder area. He also bit off her ear so severely that it was hanging on only by the lower lobe.
She spent nearly a week in the hospital due to the severe and deep stab wounds and also had to deal with nicks to her lungs, blood transfusions, a surgical procedure by a plastic surgeon to reattach the ear, and has suffered a partial loss of function to her left arm due to a nerve bundle being severed in the attack. There is nothing that can be done for the bundle other than physical therapy/occupational therapy and they are unsure at this time what percentage of loss of function will be permanent.
She will require an additional surgery by the plastic surgeon to further return the ear to a normal appearance and will require up to 6 months of physical therapy/occupational therapy. She is unable to work and we have no idea when she will be able to return to work due to her inability to use her left arm fully at this time.
She’s a single mom who now faces loss of income; has a $700+ bill with her apartments for hazmat cleanup, not to mention eviction fees that she has incurred due to no fault of her own, moving expenses and storage expenses to store her things; serious medical bills that she has already incurred; serious medical bills for her future treatment; and she will need to undergo counseling to deal with the aftermath of this tragedy.
Any help provided would be greatly appreciated!
She spent nearly a week in the hospital due to the severe and deep stab wounds and also had to deal with nicks to her lungs, blood transfusions, a surgical procedure by a plastic surgeon to reattach the ear, and has suffered a partial loss of function to her left arm due to a nerve bundle being severed in the attack. There is nothing that can be done for the bundle other than physical therapy/occupational therapy and they are unsure at this time what percentage of loss of function will be permanent.
She will require an additional surgery by the plastic surgeon to further return the ear to a normal appearance and will require up to 6 months of physical therapy/occupational therapy. She is unable to work and we have no idea when she will be able to return to work due to her inability to use her left arm fully at this time.
She’s a single mom who now faces loss of income; has a $700+ bill with her apartments for hazmat cleanup, not to mention eviction fees that she has incurred due to no fault of her own, moving expenses and storage expenses to store her things; serious medical bills that she has already incurred; serious medical bills for her future treatment; and she will need to undergo counseling to deal with the aftermath of this tragedy.
Any help provided would be greatly appreciated!
Organizer and beneficiary
Tracie I. Foreman
Organizer
Wichita, KS
Samantha Holt
Beneficiary
