Hi.

My name is Nick. I am raising money for financial recovery from when I had Covid-19 in April of 2020, and to relocate.

 

Since I was a small child, I had motor skill and speech impairment similar to spastic cerebral palsy. 

 

In 2020, at 38 years old, I contracted Covid 19 and lost my income and credit. I was hospitalized for 47 days and I clinically died in the ICU 3 times during this and have PTSD from my experience in the hospital.

 

I am raising money to relocate home to Central Florida and regain what I lost when I lost my income resources. I have to ration medicine, even with Medicare and Social Security benefits. After rent, bills, and medication, I have between $10 and -20$ coming in, and it is spiraling out of control.

 

When I started gaining financial success in 2016, I was able to travel independently. I was treated much differently by people being by myself and in a motorized wheelchair. It was as if it wasn't there, and my disability barely existed.

 

When I am accompanied by people or being pushed in a manual wheelchair, people will speak to the able-bodied person(s) accompanying me or pushing my wheelchair instead of speaking to me.

 

My first independent adventure was Wrestlemania 33 in 2017, where I fell in love with Orlando, FL - a place I call home.

 

My Wrestlemania travel package included a day ticket to Universal Studios. It felt like home immediately; everyone is so kind, generous, and helpful. I subsequently visited Orlando a few more times during Halloween Horror Nights and Mardi Gras. I have my fondest memories there.

I had plans to move home in early 2021. But when I got Covid in April of 2020. Everything fell apart. When I lost my income, I tried endlessly to obtain gainful employment, but gainful career opportunities in rural Pennsylvania are few and far between. My career opportunities in Central Florida are exponentially greater. My goal is to continue the plans I had to relocate in 2021. It is the physical freedom and Independence that I crave at home on concrete that I don't have here, where I'm surrounded by nature.

Covid did irreparable damage to my circulatory and pulmonary systems. The financial and physical uncertainty has led to mental health problems.

Any help would be immensely appreciated. Sharing this with your friends would help as much as financial help. All donations will go directly toward medical needs, financial recovery, and relocation expenses. Living 1,000 miles from home is truly emotionally exhausting, and I need help.

 

Thank you.

Sincerely