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As most of you know, Bryan has recently acquired an ultra rare life threatening autoimmune disorder, TTP. There are no set causes, it has sudden onset, and he will have this his whole life. The disorder is when his blood cells attack other blood cells necessary for Bryan to sustain his organs and life. The sudden onset of TTP in early October caused Bryan to have a series of seizures due to internal hemorrhaging, landing him in a near fatal state. After being rushed to the ER, his doctors immediately suspected the signs of TTP and started the first of 38 blood plasma transfusions over a course of 6 weeks. To get more information, please visit this website: Understanding TTP . His doctors are also awaiting lab results to determine if he has another life threatening disorder characterized by a low platelet count and kidney damage, called HUS. Please visit this website for more information: About HUS .
Since TTP is characterized by blood clotting due to a low platelet count, Bryan suffered a stroke while in the hospital that impaired his speech and cognition for the time being. He has improved and was released from the hospital the day after Thanksgiving. He hopes to have a full recovery from his stroke in 6-12 months, although a full recovery is not guaranteed.
At the time of this onset, Bryan had a part time job as a college professor teaching dual credit British Literature courses for Houston Community College (HCC). Because his job was only part time, Bryan does not have medical insurance. Therefore you can understand that his hospital, doctor, and prescription bills are well into 6 figures and rising every day. When Bryan was hospitalized, he received very little income from HCC as a form of paid leave. This unfortunately put him above the federal poverty line, preventing him from qualifying for any sort of federal program to assist with his hospital bills or constant medical care that he requires now that he has been released. Further, since ObamaCare only covers routine care and will not fund any medical care dealing with his preexisting condition, the cost is far too great with very little benefit for Bryan to utilize this as an insurance possibility. Therefore, this Go Fund Me medical fund will specifically support Bryan's healthcare needs for the interim until he can hopefully get some form of assistance otherwise. He is currently applying for disability, which is a 6 month process to determine eligibility. We are so grateful to those who have supported Bryan's cause thus far.
We continue to hope he will qualify for financial aid of some sort, but the fact remains that Bryan can spend a lifetime paying for this one episode of TTP with the guarantee of more to come. His ability to work from this day forward is in question. We are asking for you to please consider helping in any way. Help can be in the forms of:
1. Prayer or meditating for Bryan's healing and the ability to pay for his medical expenses.
2. Donating blood, plasma, and/or platelets to any blood center. Bryan's blood type is B+, but any donation literally saves lives.
3. Consider making any monetary donation to help alleviate Bryan's dire medical financial situation.
Since TTP is characterized by blood clotting due to a low platelet count, Bryan suffered a stroke while in the hospital that impaired his speech and cognition for the time being. He has improved and was released from the hospital the day after Thanksgiving. He hopes to have a full recovery from his stroke in 6-12 months, although a full recovery is not guaranteed.
At the time of this onset, Bryan had a part time job as a college professor teaching dual credit British Literature courses for Houston Community College (HCC). Because his job was only part time, Bryan does not have medical insurance. Therefore you can understand that his hospital, doctor, and prescription bills are well into 6 figures and rising every day. When Bryan was hospitalized, he received very little income from HCC as a form of paid leave. This unfortunately put him above the federal poverty line, preventing him from qualifying for any sort of federal program to assist with his hospital bills or constant medical care that he requires now that he has been released. Further, since ObamaCare only covers routine care and will not fund any medical care dealing with his preexisting condition, the cost is far too great with very little benefit for Bryan to utilize this as an insurance possibility. Therefore, this Go Fund Me medical fund will specifically support Bryan's healthcare needs for the interim until he can hopefully get some form of assistance otherwise. He is currently applying for disability, which is a 6 month process to determine eligibility. We are so grateful to those who have supported Bryan's cause thus far.
We continue to hope he will qualify for financial aid of some sort, but the fact remains that Bryan can spend a lifetime paying for this one episode of TTP with the guarantee of more to come. His ability to work from this day forward is in question. We are asking for you to please consider helping in any way. Help can be in the forms of:
1. Prayer or meditating for Bryan's healing and the ability to pay for his medical expenses.
2. Donating blood, plasma, and/or platelets to any blood center. Bryan's blood type is B+, but any donation literally saves lives.
3. Consider making any monetary donation to help alleviate Bryan's dire medical financial situation.