I'm honestly not sure what to put here, but my name is Alaira (al-AIR-ah) and I'm in need of some help. I don't think I need to explain on this site the state of the American healthcare system (or lack thereof). So here's my situation:

I'm losing my ability to walk. I'm in a wheelchair now and due to flareups of symptoms involving intense pain, paralysis and seizures I've been unable to work for the past two years. I'm supported by my husband but we cannot hope to afford the treatment I need. I don't qualify for disability services because I don't have a diagnosis. I don't have a diagnosis because we can't afford the specialists and tests necessary to get me one. So we're stuck, and my symptoms are progressing. We don't know what's killing me but it's getting worse and worse where I'm struggling to take care of myself in my own home now. I've been denied healthcare coverage by work, state, and federal avenues, always marginalized.

So the plan...

I'm going to try my luck elsewhere. If the USA won't help me, then perhaps another country will. My husband and I plan to immigrate to Australia where he will work in order to qualify me as a dependent for healthcare. Due to me not working for the past couple years, we can hardly afford to get ourselves there let alone set things up on the other end, so that's where y'all come in. We need help immigrating to a country that'll actually help me live. If we could get enough here to pay for a month or so to get settled and buy my husband some breathing room to set things up for us, that would be so massively helpful. We're leaving our entire lives behind to try and keep me alive. Please help us make sure this plan works because this is truly our last hope.

Thank you for reading.

~ Alaira

Images captured by me in VRChat. Please allow me some anonymity, so I hope images of my fursona will do. I am an aspiring avatar creator and have been using VR for the last couple of years to escape my disability and explore my self-expression as a furry <3