Help Bradford Fight a Spinal Tumor

Hi, my name is Samantha, and I'm fundraising for Bradford Gunther, a beloved employee of Green Garage. Here is his story:

"In early January, while skateboarding one day, I had a fall which led me to believe I had pinched a nerve in my right leg. Because the very next morning after that fall was when I experienced my first symptom, which was a tingling in my leg. This was accompanied by not being able to feel heat from the shower water. Obviously this kinda freaked me out.

Over the next few months, my symptoms started to worsen. My leg started to develop a burning sensation and hypersensitivity to touch, my lower back has this deep numbing heaviness, loss of grip strength in my left hand.. and the pain I felt from all of these symptoms is constant, 24/7.

After multiple visits to my primary care doctor and neurologist, we finally determined that I have a tumor in my spinal cord. This led to me going on medical leave March 21. I have not been working since then as we are trying to get this tumor handled. I had surgery in early May to remove part of the tumor and biopsy it, and I still do not know if it is cancerous or not. We are currently planning to do radiation treatment starting in a few weeks. I'm hoping to get back to work as soon as possible, but at the moment I am still on leave. I have applied for disability, but that process can take up to 9 months to process."

To know Bradford is to love him, and we really want to rally behind him to help cover regular expenses while he is unable to work (rent, utilities, etc.) as well as his medical expenses. Green Garage is covering medical insurance, but he will have considerable out of pocket expenses as well. Please consider a donation to help Bradford until he can get back to work.