
Help for Jerrys Bills
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Hi, my name is Tatum, and I am starting a fundraiser to help raise money for my father, Jerry.
Friday September 1st while at a gig, doing what he loves most, he started throwing up and said he could feel pain around the second song but finished out the gig so he wouldn’t let all of his buddies down who came out to hear. He ended up spending the rest of that night throwing up and in pain.
Saturday the 2nd was his grandsons and his birthday lunch and he was in so much pain that day that he couldn’t make it.
Sunday the 3rd was his birthday and he spent it in pain thinking he must’ve had terrible food poisoning from Friday night.
Monday he made it through work and Tuesday he left work early because the pain was coming back stronger.
Tuesday September 5th he woke up my little sister up at 12A.M. to rush him to the Emergency Room because his stomach was in terrible pain. At the first Emergency Room, Doctors did multiple scans and tests and found out that he had a blood clot that was blocking the blood flow to his stomach and intestines causing him severe abdominal pain and that he needed to be transported to the hospitals ER.
When he arrived at the Emergency room in downtown Ft Worth, he stayed there through that night to wait and see the surgeon first thing in the morning. He was taken back to surgery at 9am and did not arrive into the recovery room until 2:45P.M on Wednesday afternoon.
When the Surgeon spoke with us, he let us know that when they opened Jerry up for surgery they’re discovered that his abdominal aortic artery (artery in his gut) was dissected into 2 parts and that is what threw the initial blood clot blocking the flow of blood to his stomach and intestines. The surgeons had to clean out the valve and try to repair it as best as they can. They told our family that our father was very lucky to have even made it to the hospital and in surgery in time due to the state of this dissection and if it would have been any longer of him waiting to get to the ER, it would have been fatal.
My dad is still currently in the ICU and will be there a few more days then transferred into a regular room for the remainder of his stay. He is in extensive abdominal pain still, will need to be on blood thinners and multiple prescriptions, and will need to do physical therapy after being discharged.
I know a lot of his family and friends have been asking what they can do to help…
My father currently does not have any sort of health insurance and this all completely came out of nowhere. If there’s anything you are able to donate to help out with his bills coming up, we will greatly appreciate it.
With much love,
The Elmore Kids
Organizer and beneficiary
Tatum Elmore
Organizer
Joshua, TX
Jerry Elmore
Beneficiary