Head on collision med bills, brother James Luke

10/12/23

Update- 

Luke is doing so much better! He was transferred to a rehabilitation center where he is receiving physical and occupational therapy and on the road to recovery. We are so grateful that Luke is okay and that he is recovering. And we are so thankful to everyone who has been so supportive, caring, loving and so giving! We can’t thank you enough ❤️❤️

10/8/23

UPDATE:

Hi everyone, 

We wanted to give an update on Luke’s condition- this morning Luke has been awake and alert after undergoing surgery from his traumatic car accident. They took out his breathing and feeding tubes, so he can talk now and is cracking jokes, but still showing signs of a serious concussion. He wants to know what happened and if he is going to recover. He said he was very concerned that he was going to be a vegetable the rest of his life, but thank god he is doing so well and being so responsive. He endured serious life changing injuries in this crash and it may take months to years for him to establish normalcy and walk again in his life. On top of that he faces over $500,000 in medical debt. If you have the means, please consider donating and sharing his go fund me. We so appreciate everyone’s support, prayers and donations! It has brought us to tears the amount of support and love we have all received. Everyone has been so overwhelmingly kind and loving to Luke and our family and we can’t thank you enough! 

 

10/6/23

ORIGINAL POST: 

Hi everyone,

I’m Luke’s sister Alexis. Some of you know him as James, at home we call him by his middle name Luke because James is also our dads name. Luke was in a head on collision on A1A only minutes from making it home after school. The accident happened Thursday, October 5th around 3:30pm. His vehicle was completely totaled, and they had to extricate him from the vehicle and airlift him to the nearest hospital to the trauma center. We all love Luke so dearly, and this was worst news to hear. He’s the most loving, affectionate, sweet, kindhearted, intelligent, talented and strong baby brother, and has the most beautiful spirit and vitality. I love him so much, and I’ll always think of him as my sweet baby brother. I stayed with him in the hospital all day with my mom when he was born. I was 8 years old and was so in love with him. I can’t bare to see him in so much pain. All we know so far is that he has no major permanent brain damage that we know of, he isn’t paralyzed, he broke all of the bones in his left leg, his left ankle, his right wrist, has a laceration in his liver, and deep lacerations on his head. He was sedated and intubated, and is undergoing surgery. Please pray for him and support in any way you can. He doesn’t have health insurance, and his medical bills are looking to be at least $300,000 so far. My family is in no position to be able to pay for all of this. Luke is a college student paying his own way through EFSC, and working at Publix part time and living at home with our parents to save money. He doesn’t have a lot. We would greatly appreciate any support you can afford with his exorbitant medical bills so he won’t be in debt the rest of his life. Please share this post with your friends and family. Thank you everyone for your prayers, love and support. We’re a family of 5 kids and Luke is the baby. We love our baby brother Luke so much and can’t believe this had to happen to him.

Love,

Alexis