
Desperate need help after wifes 3rd heart attack
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On September 7th my wife went into the emergency room due to an ongoing infection in the bone on her foot. When they finally got to triaging her they preformed an EKG and discovered that she was in cardiac arrest. They got her into to cathoriztion lab they discovered that 3 of her main left arteries were blocked. one at 99%, one at over 80% and the 3rd was at 70%. They managed to stent the first two fine but the third one ended up developing a clot that broke free and made her start to code. She stopped breathing. At this point the doctors thought that she was gone, but she managed to clear the clot herself and they got her back breathing again. They finally stented the third one and she was then sent to the ICU for monitoring. 24 hours later they were able to transfer her to the ward below the ICU. During this time I was at home with our 11 year old twins telling them that they had only kept their mom due to trying to stop the infection. We had dealt with this situation twice before. She had her first major heart attack in 2018 and a second one a year later. Each of these times the girls had been aware of the situation and it lead to them having panic attacks whenever their mom had to leave the house. Those two previous attacks also helped bankrupt us with the medical bills afterward and that was with insurance. This time is a bit different as currently she does not have any insurance. Not only that but her new medications are going to cost roughly $950 a month. One of which is Plavix which she must take every day for a conplete year after the stent placements or she will develop a clot within the stent and as the doctor put it there is no way to save her after that.
Currently our situation is at the worst it has ever been for us. I am currently not able to work due to a neck injury that is requiring surgery. I am trying to get on disability temporarily but that is taking a long time. We are currently recieving TANF which is $654 a month and $600 a month in food. We have asked for some help with social programs but there is little to none that we have been able to find. This fundraiser is literally our last resort. The current medical bills are sitting at $10,000 we are not sure what we may be able to discharge through bankruptcy. But our number one concern is having money each month for those medicines. Each month those medicines cost $950.00 Just to also explain that she does not qualify for any medicaid due to her status. We have literally reached a point of desperation. We can and are more than willing to provide whatever proof you would like to see. We have attached the stent cards in the main image. Seriously at this point we are looking for a miracle. We are despretely trying to save our family from fincial ruin. We are incredibly thankful for the doctors and the hospital that helped save my wifes life. My kids need their mother and are incredibly close with her. But they make it almost impossible to survive afterwards.
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Jonathan Burr
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Bellingham, WA