
Aid Marguerite's Battle with Aneurysm
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Hey, I'm margarette/Maggie/ Marguerite. Or I'm Reggie, Maggie's nom de plume. All money raised will go to medical bills, food, and some household bills that have fallen behind. Bill money went to supplies this month.
Thanks to a growing brain aneurysm I needed a craniotomy to clip the silly thing. Just got my Medicare statement. I always check them. According to it, I'm responsible for up to $880 in payments. I'll post a picture in a bit to prove I'm not a fibber. Jeesh. I was not happy. Boy, is it expensive! I spent over $400 on Amazon for stuff id need during recovery: a bath chair, a commode, a cap to cover my wound. Needed to use Lyft quite often to get him from hospitals late at night. Or for Matt to come to visit me at rehab. No public transport. Don't worry. We're not scammers. We're a mom and her favorite boy trying to get through a pretty trying ordeal.
Surgery didn't go smoothly hence the long recovery time. The aneurysm burst and bled. Got 3 units of blood. Had a mild stroke. Legs need a lot of work, so that's my PT goal
After a week in the hospital, I spent 10 days in rehab. During those weeks, I had 3 emergency trips to the ER from home via ambulance. Expensive rides! Two falls and a seizure. In rehab, I got a UTI. I have drug induced lupus, and twice I was put on medicine in the flare inducing list. So now having a flare -- brain fog, joint aches, and body and head covering rash of oval disks that itch!
My poor son is my PCA currently. He has fibromyalgia, so not everything gets done, but we're alive and so is the cat. He's working himself to the bone shopping, cooking, laundry and helping Maggie fix problems she created. I literally had trouble counting out 8 cat scrunchies the other night. This is terrifying.
I feel terrible having to run another go fund me after you were all so generous in getting me out of a dangerous situation so we could find emotional healing. Believe me, we have! We've found a wonderful church family, good neighbors, and I've got 2 volunteer ops lined up as soon as I can walk and stoop without getting dizzy! We've been walking our neighbor's dog twice a day since January. Her momma is family now. I added. Picture of them visiting me with Matt.
I feel like a beggar dog. Thanks for reading and sharing.
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Marguerite Connor
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Salem, MA