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Cover expenses incurred during hospitalization

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Hi, my name is Hilary. I recently left a job that provided me with insurance to pursue my passion as a nail technician. Unfortunately while getting my business up and running in a new city, moving expenses and a small turnout of clients, I was just breaking even as is. However at the beginning of the month of March I began to have debilitating pain in my stomach. It hurt to move, breathe deeply, and caused nausea and vomiting. I went to the ER at the beginning of the month and they believed I had a stomach virus. They sent me home with nausea meds and pain meds and I was okay for a week or so. Fast forward to March 19th, I started to feel the pain again and went to the ER again. They still didn’t find anything wrong, so I got sent home with anti nausea meds and medication for cramping. The next afternoon, my pain was at a 10, and there was nothing I could do to relieve it. I took myself back to the ER and advocated for myself to have my gallbladder checked more thoroughly. The CT scan showed an angry gallbladder, and my blood work showed elevated liver enzymes to my previous admission just a few hours ago. I met with a surgeon who was unconvinced that this was gallbladder issues, but left it up to my discretion on if I wanted it removed or not. I know my body, so I told him yes. Let’s get this thing out. This morning I had my gallbladder removed, and in the process they found that it was severely diseased and some gallstones had migrated into my small bowel. The surgery was successful, but I have to have another procedure tomorrow to remove the wayward stones.
At this time, I am racking up the medical debt with being uninsured, and am unable to take clients until I am healed.
Any financial help you could provide would take a giant weight off my shoulders.
We all know that times are incredibly hard financially for everyone right now, and one stupid organ can set you down a path of financial stress that can seem impossible to get out of.
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Hilary Burke
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Cleveland, TN

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