Help Heather Recover from Traumatic Brain Injury

In January 2023, our dear friend Heather was hit by a drunk driver while at a stop light in Los Angeles. Driver was going 60 mph. Rental car she was driving had horrible insurance - covered zero medical, etc. and drunk driver did not have adequate assets/policy to cover medical costs. 5 days later, Heather was let-go from her job (a new job, a trial period). She therefore did not qualify for unemployment.

She was concussed and sustained a Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI). Due to financial circumstances, she was forced to move to sub-par housing and is now being treated for mold poisoning which is debilitating for her nervous system. Treatments take time are out-of-pocket and expensive.

Heather cannot read for more than 10 mins per hour and her comprehension has been affected (and therefore cannot work) due to TBI and cannot do physical labor due to acquiring PoTS (Postural Tachycardia Syndrome) after brain injury. Also fatigue and chronic pain, as an autoimmune has been set off from the trauma.

She is finally in concussion rehab after months of self advocating. She is under the care of a neurologist and is being treated for SiBO (small intestine bacterial overgrowth connected to nervous system stress and leaky gut). weight-loss, severe IBS, nutritional deficiencies. She is in critical need of financial and community support to heal.

Heather began the process to receive disability almost a year ago; it is a difficult and slow process and if received it is but a fraction of the cost of living in ny, and there is a high chance to be denied due to the invisibility of her disabilities.

Her temporary housing ends in a few weeks and she is facing houselessness. She has been separated from her beloved cat, Bird, her emotional-support buddy.

Heather needs funding/support for: mold-free housing, food, transportation to docs (concussion rehab etc.), co-pays, out-of-pocket IVs and prescriptions. She is deeply dedicated to her healing and is a spiritual warrior. For those of you artists out there, Heather is one of us. She is a profoundly gifted writer, performer, comedienne, has built a beautiful body of work and was deep in process when the accident occurred. She wants dearly to return to her work and life.