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Billy Lowe Brain Surgery

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Thank you for taking the time to read Billy's story about his recent brain injury. Billy is so grateful for every prayer and everyones support. He is still in critical condition but continues to be his funny positive self given the circumstances.  We have created this go fund me for Billy to help support his family over these next 6 months of surgeries and recovery. We have included an outline below for everyone to read and understand his situation. 

On Saturday, August 15th, Billy was rushed to the emergency room in Ballinger, TX due to extreme head  pain to the point where he felt like something exploded in his brain. After arriving they discovered his brain was bleeding and he was immediately life flighted to San Angelo, TX to a larger hospital. One hour later he arrived at the San Angelo Hospital where he had additional test ran and discovered his brain was still bleeding an hour later and the bleeding had not slowed down. He was bleeding on the left side of his brain and they believed it to be a brain aneurysm. They did not have a brain specialist at the San Angelo Hospital and his injury was so severe  they made the call to life flight him to Dallas, TX where they had a brain specialist on site.


Once arriving in Dallas the neurology team rushed Billy in to do an emergency MRI. The MRI showed that he had a hemorrhage in his brain (also classified as a stroke) they ejected die into his brain to get the exact location of all the bleeding. They discovered that the stroke damage was very deep inside his brain. Billy was in/out of function and in a lot of pain. After 24 hours of testing and meetings with multiple Dr’s in the neurology team they said he had a AVM along with a hemorrhage stroke and found that the bleeding had come to a stop.



With a lot of consideration, the specialist decided that a surgery right now would put Billy at high risk due to the mass in the brain being so deep and that surgery would not be the best decision at this time.
They made the decision to let his brain and body rest over the next 6 weeks to see if his brain would absorb the blood before preforming any surgery and that he would most likely need multiple surgeries to resolve the issue and get him fully recovered. They are hopeful for a less invasive option of Radiation therapy but can’t make any final calls at this time for the exact treatment plan. Billy will have a list of restrictions and can not return to work, do anything major around the house including cooking, cleaning, yard work, any lifting, large movements, etc. Billy will need to be on bed rest most of the day and can not be in any high stress situations. He was sent home from he hospital today, August 19th to remain home with little to no activities preformed.

Billy is 26 years old and the main supporter for his family as he has 2 small children, Cooper (5) and Creede (4) who have been home due to COVID and cared for by his fiancé Courtney full time. Billy has always worked full time (60+ hours a week) for his family for the past year and a half in the oil field. Due to recent COVID circumstances his hours have been significantly dropped and he has been outsourcing for work to make ends meet for his family.

This recent news with Billy’s health has brought a lot of unknown to his family as he will need someone to care for him 24 hours a day. Their finances will soon be a huge struggle so we have created this go fund me to help raise money to pay his family’s bills over the next 6 months while he awaits a medical plan 6 weeks from now and has his surgeries scheduled. They are estimating his recovery time to be at least 6 months maybe longer. We want to prevent any high stress to Billy as he can not handle it at this time and being the only supporter financially he needs our help.

His family will be doing everything they can over the next 6 weeks to ensure Billy remains  stress free but are asking for friends/family to help with whatever they can as well. Their bills are $3,200 a month plus groceries, gas, etc. We have also been told by the Dr's that the surgeries he will need will require 25% down before insurance will cover anything. We have started our Gofundme goal at $25,000 and are asking everyone who can help to please do so! Chances are with surgeries the funds needed will be much higher but if we can get to this goal we can take on the rest as we go. 

This is a miracle that Billy has survived and we are  continuing to ask for prayers over the next few months for Billy's health and also his family. 

We will need donations to make this possible and every dollar counts! Please do what you can we will continue to keep everyone updated on Billy's health and plans for surgery.





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    Bailey Lowe
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    Ballinger, TX
    Brent Lowe
    Beneficiary

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