On August 23rd, my husband Jesse suffered a traumatic leg injury while mountain biking a trail near our home in Utah. He required urgent emergency surgery to stabilize very difficult and complex fractures.

Due to the severe displacement of multiple bones, an intraarticular fracture (a fracture that causes joint and soft tissue damage) and multiple comminuted fractures (a fracture that shatters the bone into 3 or more pieces) he will require multiple extensive surgeries with a probability of 4 total including a long term ankle fusion.

Tibial Plafond fractures are RARE due to the intense force and trauma required to sustain one. This type of traumatic injury comes with high risk, a long term recovery and long term complications due to not only the severity of the fractures and the high risk of infection, but the significant damage to the ankle joint itself. It also requires a significant amount of travel expenses as the orthopedic facility and hospital is a 4 hour commute round trip. And with continuous follow ups, wound checks, and therapy...the expenses will continue to rise. As most of you know, he had emergency surgery in February of this year for another traumatic leg fracture.

Our luck has run dry, and our financial situation for our little family has been detrimentally effected from the unexpected loss of income and hardships these last two years...especially these last several months. And with another long term and complicated recovery, the loss of income and extensive medical costs will continue to leave a hard and continuous financial burden on our family. Our family's mental health is also a significant priority while we continue to navigate the unexpected.

My husband is the sole provider to me and our little girl. He works tirelessly to support our family, and does so without question or complaint. If you know him you know he truly works himself to the bone, and his sacrifice has allowed me to put my career on hold while I continue to stay home and raise our daughter. We are incredibly thankful for his sacrifice, but without him steadily working, we are losing our total income for our household. I myself have medical complications of my own that are currently put on hold while we prioritize my husband’s recovery.

My husband is prideful, and would never ask for a dime. Honestly, I wouldn’t either…but our current circumstance puts our family at significant financial risk as we have extended all costs from unexpected and grueling hardships these last two years.

Asking for help is HARD…and we are asking just that. Sometimes it takes a village….and right now we are in desperate need of one.

Your contributions to our family will allow us to maintain our household expenses, continue medical care, lower the high cost of medical bills, support mental health counseling, and provide basic necessities for our little girl.

Thank you to all who have reached out both near and far, and to those who continue to encourage and uplift during an extremely stressful time in our lives. We know times are hard for all, and even thinking of our family during this challenging time makes an incredible impact to our emotional wellbeing.

Thank you in advance to all those who choose to help support our family. Even in the smallest of ways. Our daughter has and always will be our biggest priority...and if all you can do is stop by and put a smile on her face, that means everything to us. We hope to maintain as much normalcy as possible during a very confusing time for her. She just wants to play with her daddy again.

We are forever grateful to those who continue to treat and care for our family like their own, and all who continue to surprise us in the most unimaginable ways.

Love,

Jesse, Sam & Marlie Freeland