Help Bring Me Home: Support My Recovery

Hello everyone. I've struggled with the idea of creating this for so many reasons. I've missed an entire season of my life and I'm unsure of most things these days.

I was rushed to the hospital via ambulance on June 17th, where it was determined that I was in respiratory failure which would have resulted in death if I hadn't gone in when I did. I was put into sedation, intubated, and ultimately given a trach. Fun stuff, I know. While my CO2 levels have decreased over time and I'm making improvements, I've also been bounced around from hospital, to LTACH, to Care Center, back to hospital, and at this point, I haven't been home in 87 days.

I have had a wonderful support system in my family and my husband, but neither of us are working and we are running out of funds. This brings me to the point of this whole thing. I want to go home. I'm missing my family and I'm tired of being bounced around from one place to another, but I need some equipment in order to get there. I would also like to figure out how to get an at-home physical therapist to help me walk again and possibly get a motorized scooter until that happens.

I'm also missing my kids very much. The school year has started without me my students (my kids) are there without me. I didn't get to be part of back to school night, I didn't get to welcome back my amazing families, and I'm not there to see how much they all grew over the summer. My teacher heart is broken and I'm ready to get back to work, but I can't do that safely yet, and I'm counting the days until I can go back to them.

Donations are so appreciated if possible, but I'm also very happy to receive prayers, good vibes, and well wishes. Thank you for your time and consideration.

Here's to the road home!

Update: I don't know how to thank everyone enough for everyone's generosity. From the very bottom of my heart, thank you. I am humbled by the love I'm shown. I'm now at 102 days (Sept. 27, 2024) and there are more serious talks about getting me home; it feels like it's getting closer and closer. I appreciate anyone who thinks of me, pays for me, and if course donates to my journey home.