Help Brad during his recovery from a car accident

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Help Brad during his recovery from a car accident

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This campaign is to help our friend Brad Davidson with any medical expenses for his hospital stay plus any rehabilitation he will need during his recovery.  Any little bit helps! 

BACKSTORY
Let me tell you a little about Brad first. When he was born he had some medical issues and the doctors said he would never walk. He proved them wrong. The doctors then said he wouldn't live to see adulthood. He proved them wrong again.
My husband Ryan & Brad's friendship goes all the way back to high school. When we started Jennison Home Maintenance in 2018 Brad asked to come work for us. Ryan and I didn't even hesitate to say yes and we immediately knew we made the right call. Our customers love him and he has grown to be our lead installer. Brad is that guy that if you're having a bad day you can call him and he will be right there. If you're stuck and can't figure out a problem, he's on the way to try and help. Brad is genuinely just that nice guy that will do anything to help someone else and is always happy to see others succeed. 



THE ACCIDENT
On Thursday May 6th at 4:52 pm Brad called to say he was finishing up for the day and to ask if any of his coworkers needed help before he went home (he's awesome like that). I told him no thanks and he said to tell Ryan he would be at our house that weekend to help work on some trucks with him.  I thanked him again and told him I would see him over the weekend. About  an hour later Ryan walked in the house with a blank stare on his face and uttered two words "it's Brad".  Neither of us were prepared for what we were about to see/hear next.

Brad was hit by a speeding truck headed home that day.  Brad's side of the truck took all of the impact and Brad was ejected from the truck as it rolled onto him.


INJURIES

He was admitted to the hospital with broken legs, broken feet, shattered pelvis, ruptured spleen, broken back, multiple broken ribs, and a punctured lung. He was immediately put on a ventilator and had several lengthy surgeries to stop the internal bleeding, remove his spleen, rebuild his pelvis and mend his broken bones. On the weekend following the accident his kidneys began to fail and he was also put on dialysis. Doctors weren't sure at this point if he would make it through the weekend much less walk again. 

Brad spent the first 17 days in the hospital on a ventilator in a medically induced coma enduring surgery after surgery. On Sunday May 23rd they were able to take him off the ventilator and he was finally able to wake up and speak. He was able to eat some ice chips and take a few sips of water on Sunday but had to go right back to more surgeries and then unfortunately back on the ventilator. Brad is now aware of what has happened and what is going on though. He even wiggled his toes and moved his legs so there is hope that he may very well walk again which is something he fought so hard to do since he was a little kid. Let's help give Brad a fighting chance guys!

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Jennifer Basey Jennison
Organizer
Hephzibah, GA

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