This is so incredibly hard to ask for help.

My husband James(35)has been the financial provider for our family for the past 7 years. He has worked so hard to provide for his family's every need. He enjoys spending time with his family, going fishing, hunting, camping, hiking, and spontaneous road trips. Life was soon about to change. On March 20, 2025, James went to the chiropractor because he had a headache for a few days he could not shake. The chiropractor did a "headache adjustment" (James had never had this type of adjustment before) where he had James lay down on the table and he thrusted down and upward on the back of James' neck/skull. James got up and instantly felt an immense amount of pressure in his head, nauseous, and lightheaded as if he were about to pass out. As he stood up, he was unsteady on his feet and the chiropractor asked him if he felt nauseous or lightheaded, to which James told him "yes." The chiropractor told him that was normal and would pass. It never passed. I drove James home and he went to sleep off and on for the next two days. On March 24th at 7:40 pm, James lost his vision in his right eye. It was as if someone turned the lights off completely. He got lightheaded and felt like his heart was racing, but being that James has been healthy, he thought it had to do with his headache and wanted to sleep it off. We messaged his PCP, and due to it being after hours, we didn't talk to them until the next morning when they informed us to get to the ER immediately. On our way to the ER, James went numb from the top of his head to the tips of his fingers on his right side. He was admitted; he had CT, MRI, MRA, bubble tests, etc. Every test you can think of, they ran it on him. Turns out that when James lost his vision, he had a stroke, and on our way to the ER, he had another stroke. We learned that his right internal carotid was dissected (torn) with 100% occlusion (blocked) with over an 8-inch solid blood clot. The fact that James is even alive is nothing short of a miracle!! James was released from the hospital the evening of March 27, 2025, to go home. On the morning of March 30, 2025, James woke up and was having a hard time hearing out of both ears. We contacted his PCP, which they told us due to him having 2 strokes that past week, he needed to get to the ER to be safe. So we loaded up and went to Downtown Erlanger. We spent the entire day there, more MRIs and more tests to find out that James had another BIGGER stroke. This stroke looked like a buckshot went off in his brain. This last one has affected his balance, his memory, speech, stamina, has made him lethargic, and heat intolerant. James currently can't drive and can't lift anything over 10 lbs as it makes him feel as if he is going to pass out. James has seen Neurology and Vascular Surgery, and both have told us that this was caused by getting a "neck manipulation" from the chiropractor. Since this has happened, James has been out of work and is now looking at a permanent disability from all of this. Before all this, James was healthy, not on any medications. Now, James is on OVER TEN every day, from blood thinners to high blood pressure medicine. With stacking medical bills, continuous follow-up visits with the specialists and his primary care provider, medications, physical therapy, speech therapy, household bills, and vehicle maintenance because our AC just went out on our 2019 Ford Flex, and James can't be in the heat for more than 10-15 minutes at a time.

We hate to ask for help, but at this point, we need to suck up our pride and ask for help. James physically can't work and is beyond stressed about finances as he was the financial breadwinner while I (Nicole) am the stay-at-home mom to our four children that are homeschooled. Three of which have special needs. I know this was long, but I wanted everyone reading this to know the details. James is the hardest working man I know, and everything is upside-down for him (us). As his physical therapist said, "your situation is as if you have been rocketed into another country that speaks another language, drives on the opposite side of the road, and you don't have any of the skills to get by."

James and I are staying positive and praying for the best, its really hard hearing at 35 years old he is looking at a permanent disability all because he got a neck adjustment. Right now, he needs to rest, which is very hard when you are so worried about how the bills will get paid!

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