Donate to Aid in Critical Ankle Surgeries and Recovery

Please read it all, I know it's a lot. I need a lot of help

As you probably all know, I broke my legs back in August of 2023. Unfortunately since that original surgery to repair them, things have gone downhill. In July 2024, I got a very serious staph infection in my right ankle due to a leftover stitch causing an abscess, and the infection destroyed so much of my skin, I had to do a major plastic surgery to repair it. You could literally see my tendon and muscles moving through the hole if left.

I didn't tell anyone about that plastic surgery, or ask for help, because I already felt incredibly stupid and guilty about asking for help after the original break. I paid 3000$ out of pocket and the recovery process was horrible. My mental health was worse than any moment after the original surgery, I constantly cried and was in serious pain from the skin graft they took. And I still have a grotesque lump of flesh on my ankle.

It doesn't stop there. This year I will have to have another 3 surgeries at least. It turns out some of the bone in my ankle has died. Aka it's not there, I'm just straight up missing part of my bone. And it's an important part, it's right at the joint, so I have zero cartilage, and very painful arthritis. This means I will never get better most likely.

I will probably have to fuse my entire ankle, which means I will never run, jump, squat, dance, or do anything athletic every again. Or, I can amputate it, and at least I'll be able to run. Those really are my only two options long term, and I'm really scared about that.

Today I had one of the 3 surgeries, to remove some metal in my ankle, and to remove some scar tissue to help with the arthritis.

I am also going to try to do some stem cell injections, to see if I can regrow some of the bone and cartilage that died. Unfortunately insurance doesn't cover this, and it costs 7500$, and it might not even help, but I am desperate at this point to avoid losing everything I care about.

And the 2nd surgery will be the fix the plastic surgery grotesque lump that was left over, and I'm scared insurance will try to deny it. That will probably cost another 3000$ even if they help pay for it. This is fortunately a quicker recovery, but it will be the most painful one, because they have to do another skin graft, which is like hell on earth for two weeks.

The 3rd surgery will be the removal of the rest of the hardware, and if my ankle hasn't gotten better, to fuse the entire thing. That will probably cost me another 2000-6000$, and months of recovery.

As I'm also self employed as a personal trainer, recovery from these surgeries means I also can't work, and I don't get paid time off, I literally lose my job until I'm healed again each time.

I really hope this is the last time, but if you can donate even a small amount to help me out, or share this post, it would be greatly appreciated. Thank you so much for even just reading this. It's been tough to write this out because now it seems that much more real to me.