Hi, My name is Jayne Keane and many of you may have known me as Jayne Hardey, when I was growing up, or as Jayne Escue, when I was your fifth grade teacher. I have been a teacher for 37 years and I retired in January 2018 from LewisvilleISD after opening Timbercreek elementary and teaching 5th grade for 10 years, 8th grade at Milliken Middle School, and finishing my career being a proud Fighting Farmer at Lewisville High School. After surviving breast cancer from 2015-2017 and 25 1/2 years at LHS, I decided to retire, but have continued tutoring through the present. I was just getting back ahead financially from cancer, when on January 4, 2022, I contracted infections in both knee joints, where I have had both knees replaced. I immediately found I could not walk, and that I was in an emergency situation. After 10 hours waiting to be seen in the emergency room and 8 more hours back in emergency waiting to see Dr. Wells, I had emergency surgery to clean out the infection or remove the replacement parts if infection had progressed to the bone, which means a year to start completely from scratch. I was terrified, but fortunately the infection had not progressed to the bone. I survived the surgery and placed back in Clements hospital rather than zale-Lipse, where most orthopedic patients are placed, but the surge in Covid prevented that. I spent the next almost two months in the hospital. The first 2 1/2 weeks, I was totally helpless and my knees were immobilized; I could do nothing for myself. Once I was on a walker, things were a bit better, I had to use a walker and take high powered antibiotics through my port for 6 1/2 weeks.It was miserable and lonely, since I was in downtown Dallas at UTSW and then in a horrible nursing home in Plano for the last 3 1/2, which was 35 minutes from Lewisville, making it hard for people to visit. The treatment and care was also horrible; they took someone else's blood and put the results on my chart and stopped up my port, which I had to go to the emergency room to get it flushed and restarted. I finally got to come home and try to fend for myself. After 4 days at home, I had to have the oral surgeon pull 4 bad teeth, that doctors believe were the source of the infection in my body and then spend the next week recovering from extractions and well as knee surgeries. Then thinking I was doing well, I contracted a stomach virus and reaction to the suppression antibiotics I have to be on for a year, and went in to Lewisville Medical City Hospital Friday-Monday. After getting out of the hospital again, I seemed to be doing really well and saw my Doctor on Friday, March 11, getting a glowing report; however, the next day, I stood up to pull up my pants and my knee completely went out of place and I fell, bending my leg back the wrong way, spraining my ankle, hitting my whole right side and banging my head as well. After 15 minutes in the floor crying in pain, my friend arrived, got into the house and managed with great difficulty to get me out of the floor. Now finally today March 30, 2022, I was able to begin physical therapy. I am facing at least 6-10 weeks of rehab, continued wound treatment, and hope the suppression antibiotics do their job, preventing further surgery. I am so happy, butI have not been able to work at my pharmacy as a pharmacy technician for 3 months, and will not be able to work for at least 2-3 more months,which is really hurting my pocketbook. I have medical bills, unpaid bills, and extra needs like knee dressing for wounds that have healed extra slowly on my knees. I am also trying to get my 43 year old daughter who doesn't work and has not paid me a dime for rent or utilities in going on 4 years. She has 4 master's degrees but just can't find a job, which is this job market everyone is hiring. These are my emergencies I realize, but I am asking for help to pay medical bills, loans I took while in the hospital, bills, student loan payments, home and yard upkeep, and attorney fees, as everything just keeps going up. I have given much time volunteering over the past 20 years for CCA, local nursing homes, and Keep Lewisville Beautiful-now guys I need your help. I nearly lost my house when I had cancer, but managed to hang on to it. Things were starting to really look up, when this all happened. That's my story and I can only hope you will help me at 69 years young get back to my life of tutoring, working as a pharmacy technician, teaching swimming lessons, and grandma-ing. Please help "Bring Jayne Back!" before she turns 70 in June.

Thank you all in advance and keep me in your prayers, please. So far 2022 hasn't been too great, but hoping for it to improve from here! Jayne Keane