Help Corey McDonald heal his brain

My name is Estera Stanciu and I’m writing this on behalf of Corey McDonald to raise funds to help pay for a much needed specialty brain recovery treatment program in Utah. He is planning to attend NCX Brain Recovery in Springville from September 6-10th because he has been suffering from severe post-concussion syndrome ever since his brain injury on July 30th.

As an active snowboarder and skateboarder, Corey has had his fair share of spills throughout his life. But when he slammed his head on concrete while skateboarding this summer, this time he did not recover as anticipated. Repetitive brain trauma is no joke. It can cause lifelong issues. Corey has been dealing with headaches, dizziness, brain fog, loss of taste and smell, and now depression and anxiety about his healing process taking so long. This program is a last effort to try to get him back where he was prior to the accident.

As with all medical emergencies, they can create huge debt burdens. He has already spent a significant amount of money and time seeing specialists and doing vestibular therapy. He’s pretty much exhausted all available options in Idaho. NCX Brain Recovery is very unique and specific to Corey’s current recovery needs and sadly it is out of his insurance network. Any funds gathered here would go towards the $6,000 treatment plus travel costs and living expenses for a week away.

Corey is not the type of person to ever ask for help, let alone show how hard this experience has affected him. As his partner of 8 years and now fiancé, I can truly say that I’ve never seen an injury have such a profound impact on him. All he wants is to get back on his feet and do the things that bring his life joy, but with a helmet on this time ❤️

I cannot express the gratitude I have for our community and I thank every person that contributes in any way to this cause.

Much love y’all