Hello, my name is Brian Gault, and I’m asking for your help. Over the last three years, my life has completely fallen apart due to one devastating event after another — and I’m now doing everything I can to stay alive, keep healing, and hold on to my independence.
A Simple Fall Turned Into a Life-Altering Nightmare
In 2022, I slipped and broke my leg. What seemed like a fixable injury turned into a two-year medical crisis. I had four surgeries and resets, but the bone never healed properly.
While hospitalized, I contracted C. diff, a severe intestinal infection. It kept coming back three times, in fact each time worse than the last. The final flare-up nearly killed me. My visiting nurse once told me my heart rate was so low, he wasn’t sure I’d make it.
I was fighting for my life while bedridden and heavily medicated just to manage the pain and the infection.
The recurring infections also led to serious bone infections, and after exhausting every option, doctors made the decision to amputate the lower part of my left leg in November 2023.
I remained in the hospital and a rehab facility until March 2024, all while on constant antibiotics, pain management medication, and treatments that have left me both physically and financially drained.
The Medical Costs Haven’t Stopped
Even after being discharged, I’m still under constant care. I’m now learning to walk again using a prosthetic leg, but it’s a slow, painful process. I rely on a walker and wheelchair, and I still need regular medications, follow-ups, therapy, and specialist visits.
With no job, no savings, and increasing medical debt, I can’t afford many of the prescriptions or therapy I desperately need to make a full recovery.
While I Was Healing, I Lost Everything Else
While I was in the hospital, I trusted a neighbor to care for my apartment and dog. But that trust was broken. She moved in, brought in strangers, and not long after, I was told that my SUV had disappeared from my parking spot.
When I finally returned home, I found my front door kicked in, my window smashed, and all my belongings stolen groceries, laptop, clothes, toiletries, even my colognes. Thousands of dollars’ worth of my personal items… gone.
To make things worse, I had to let my car insurance lapse because I had no income. So I couldn’t even file a claim for my stolen SUV. And the police told me it was my word against hers, since I had given her the keys. She has since disappeared, leaving me with no answers and no vehicle.
Why This Fundraising Matters
Right now, I’m stuck. I have no transportation, no income, and mounting medical bills. I have no close family, and only one friend who helps push me in my wheelchair to the grocery store when he can but he doesn’t drive either.
Without a vehicle, I can’t get to doctor appointments, therapy sessions, or even pick up groceries or medicine. I want to regain my independence, but I need help getting there.
How You Can Help
*I’m asking for your help to raise funds for:
*A reliable used vehicle that can fit my walker and wheelchair
*Medical bills, medications, and physical therapy
Essential living expenses while I recover and search for new stability
Please Support My Campaign
I never imagined I’d be in this situation no leg, no job, no car, and fighting to hold on. I don’t want pity I just want a chance to get back on my feet, literally and figuratively.
Your support means everything. If you can donate, please do. If not, a simple share can go a long way.
Thank you for taking the time to read my story. I still believe there are good people out there, and I’m hoping this message reaches them.
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