Hey friends & Facebook family, hope everybody's doing okay these days. As most of you know, I run my own small cleaning business, "Happy Homes Cleaning Service," and have been priding myself for almost the last 2 years on the impeccable service and professionalism that I provide with every service. I am OCD and very detail-oriented, which I feel helps to elevate the level of my work. I am lucky enough to be able to still reach up and down using my very long arms (lol) to reach many hard spots most people totally overlook.
Well, about 2 weeks ago - almost three - that has all come to a screeching halt. My family and I have been in the process of moving from our home in North Port to another location, which we had not yet finalized. Things were going okay in the beginning with moving until the crazy Florida weather started up. What can only be theorized as some sort of brown recluse spider or even possibly a black widow (the doctors haven't given me a conclusive answer as of yet) ended up making itself comfortable in one of my dresser drawers.
Around 1am, as my friend Jeremy and I were tirelessly loading it onto the moving truck we purchased, I felt a sharp shooting pain I've NEVER felt so excruciatingly before.
"BURN IT ALL TO THE GROUND!!!!"
Is exactly what I wanted to do because the pain I endured in that moment was something indescribable. But in all seriousness, I did have to have Jeremy bring me to the hospital a few days later because the bump on my arm had gotten so big and painful I could no longer drive. Thank God I had gotten there when I did because they had to do an emergency surgery to save my arm. Trigger warning, so please if you are sensitive do not continue reading or looking at photos I am going to upload. They had to take two giant ice cream scoop sizes of flesh, muscle, and tissue out of my left arm. I'm lucky enough to be able to move my fingers still and have some mobility, but with extreme pain, and the recovery process on this is going to be quite a few weeks. It has been recommended by my current treating physicians to avoid being near cleaning products or chemicals, or even many scented lotions and soaps due to the potential adverse effects that it could have on the healing that is going on in my left arm.
I am a single mom of 4-year-old twin boys. I try my best every single day to provide and do whatever I can to give them the life that they deserve. Especially being the only active parent, and having been the only active parent, I get no child support or government aid, which is changing as of this accident. Government assistance will be helping me a little bit more to get the resources that I need. But as far as income, paying bills, living, gas, clothing, school supplies—all of that has come right at the worst time when we were in the middle of moving. And to top it all off, I contracted COVID-19 while in the hospital, so I am under quarantine until further notice. I have not been able to see my babies, kiss them, hug them, or have any sense of normalcy in quite some time now.
All of my finances have been drained. I am completely broke. I have asked family, but times are hard for everybody, so now I am deeply, deeply humbling myself and shoving my pride so far down in my body that it disappears because I can't look at myself right now knowing that I'm reaching out to my community for help. This is very hard for a single mother who is independent and prides herself on the fact that if I can do it, anyone can do it. And now I feel like a failure, like I am failing my kids, like I'm failing myself. But I have to do whatever it takes to make sure my kids maintain their lifestyle and I can have a roof over their heads, food in their bellies, and clothes on their backs. So please, I ask of you guys, you know I would give the shirt off my back for someone in need. Anytime someone has a GoFundMe account and if I'm able to contribute even $5 or $10, I always do without hesitation or expectation of anything in return. I'm asking the same from you guys. I don't know how I could ever repay you or express my eternal gratitude, but please help a single mama out. Pictures will be included to show the proof of everything I'm going through. It's very humbling and a little degrading, but as I said, as a mama bear, I will do anything I can to protect my cubs and make sure they are okay. Thank you guys so much if you're still reading this, and like I said, any dollar amount counts.
GOD BLESS ALL OF YOU AND ****NOTHING**** GOES UNNOTICED
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