April's Oral Surgery

Hi! My name is April and I have a condition called Long Face Syndrome. My inability to breathe correctly at a young age resulted in my body's adaptation to aid my breathing. This adaptation can have detrimental long term impact if not corrected early.

Over the years, I have sought treatment for my condition. I had wisdom teeth pulled because of the severe pain. This helped but not for long. The strain of everything eventually caused one of my teeth to crack. The pressure on the tooth that cracked kept making it worse until I had to have a root canal done. A year after that root canal, I sold my very first home. With the "profit" that came from the sale, I used it to pay in full for my braces and 2 more of my teeth to be extracted. This still was not enough due to my existing condition. The longer this continues, the greater my chance of my jaws deteriorating. I have worked very hard on trying to find the right corrective surgery for my condition and to also find a surgeon I felt confident in to handle this surgery. I finally found that oral surgeon (about 2 years ago) that I have full trust in. I have also found that covering this surgery has been no easy feat.

Within the last year, I have been submitting and researching insurances to help offset the original quoted costs of over $100K in total. Insurances were denying me based on the fact that it was an existing condition, or it was not an injury, or they deemed this surgery cosmetic. While I dealt with excruciating pain, my surgeon's office, orthodontics office, and dentist office all told me to keep trying. Well, at the beginning of this year, my insurance changed through my employer. Suddenly, things started moving forward! Most of my surgery will be covered, however, they are considered 'out of network' for insurance and I will need to cover this balance.

I have felt over the years that I am undeserving of assistance because there are far worst things going on in this world that you could send aid to. And that maybe if I had tried harder, I'd be further toward my goal to have enough money to complete my dental work. I could have never prepared for this, and I had no idea that it would be this much of a struggle. To be honest though, I am tired. I have fought so hard to get here and my surgery is in 3 weeks. I am full of anxiety and..., I'm scared. I am pretty well paralyzed in the stress of all of this and the financial burden this is going to cause me. So I am asking for help. If you cannot afford to help, that's more than okay. Just knowing you read this means the world to me! Please pass along this information. If a child is struggling to breath, please PLEASE make sure that this won't impact their facial growth. Talk to your doctor and dentist about their adenoids, tonsils, etc.

Thank you for any assistance! I am starting the amount at half-ish of the amount quoted. There will be other medical expenses outside of this. This is just the surgeon costs. I will still have hospital bills. I will be in for an overnight hospital stay. It is a 4.5hr surgery where both my jaws will be fractured and reset, elongating my bottom jaw and raising my top jaw. My chin bone cut and also repositioned accordingly. This is an intense surgery and I appreciate any well wishes!!