My name is Josh I am 33 yrs old and I am an outdoorsman/very adventurous, caring, giving person. My wife, kids and I would always be out doing adventurous things and camping or helping others up until the traumatic day of September 7th 2024. My wife and I were coming home from a day of what we thought just another day. I happened to be on my motorcycle meeting her after work and she was behind me in her vehicle (Thank God ✝️) following me home and the worst thing happened that either one of us could think of. Someone turned left in front of me and I t-boned into the side of their car. The driver not paying attention along with having 2 others in the car, all being distracted, ended up seeing me last second causing him to slam on his brakes and stopping in my lane and causing the accident. In the accident, my right lower leg to break both my bones through my skin, my nose, my foot and causing slight brain damage along with other major trauma to my body. As I was rushed to the hospital, I ended up going through multiple surgeries involving a titanium rod to be put in my leg and skin grafting. Since that day, it has been difficult for me to get back to my life as best as I could and healing as best I could, then things took a turn for the worst. 3 months in, everything was good, healing was progressing mentally I was hopeful, going from a wheelchair to crutches then a cane/walking and then another month goes by and things took a turn for the worst. My leg had gotten an infection! The tibia bone ended up deteriorating and all of the progress has went backwards. Went through 6 weeks of antibiotics along with another surgery to get 2-4 inches cut out, an antibiotic nail along with bone cement in my leg to replace the missing bone to make sure the infection can be taken care of and gone for good. In going through all this my health was declining, my mental health was declining, my wife had to quit her job to stay home full time to take care of myself along with our 2 kids. Now just going through another major surgery the end of June, that involved bone grafting from the same leg to replace the cement, just has me be pushed further into not being able get back to myself and healing they way I wished for. We pray everyday that things will get better and things will fall into place but at this point it is beyond what we can hold up and now we are asking for help from others. Between the medical standpoint, the loss of work, the driver responsible, (being minimally insured) after talking with a lawyer and what may just end up becoming a prosthetic in the end is heart breaking. My dream was to help others and I hope to still do just that no matter the outcome, I just didn't think it would all happen this way! I have to get better and I was hoping it wouldn't have to come to asking for or needing help I waited until there is no more time, no other options, and I have to, need to get better before I have the ability to help others. And so this is me asking for help from anyone reading this, a friend, family, a stranger! I have always wished the best. For others and always tried to help the ones who need it the most, sometimes even to my own downfall but in the end, I truly THANK YOU ALL, even just reading this!

I hope for the best moving forward, one leg or two! For a donation or not, we Thank you God bless you ✝️

-Josh K.