Hello, I am Joanna Lujan.

I am raising funds to help my husband I get back up from three significant devastations. The most traumatic and alarming is his left leg injury as a direct result of having been struck and pinned underneath a city owned truck. His tibia was badly fractured, with injuries that caused major financial setbacks in our lives. His surgery was on June 9th. He needed three months of healing and he is still recovering from there with physical therapy. His surgeon says that his foot will be swollen for a year. I personally haven't been able to escape the horrifying thought that if he were struck one split second sooner, it more than likely would have killed him. Right here is where I would like to install his narrative, directly from him:

I'm Mervyn, presently in life-changing recovery and ongoing healing. The drastic unforeseen switch from being a provider to asking for help on my way to complete restoration is in my narrative. As a survivor, I have taken on a new role to introduce my experience and offer recommendations, address the lack of City policies/ordinances that could prevent meaningless and tragic loss of life by vehicle/bicyclists collusions and speak to the critical issues of no consequences for "reckless" drivers who cause death.

A few days after my husband's misfortune, our only vehicle could no longer be driven. My van has been sitting at the curb without any answers to the rear wheel axle ready to bottom out. Now our van is incapacitated along with my husband being incapacitated. This became my husband getting around town on crutches in the heat of the sun. He came home exhausted with horrific pain and a swollen foot that looked like it was a balloon. Double whammy!

Income had already diminished due to my mother's passing. I was her caregiver. We held each other up. Now she is gone. It has been an extreme struggle to bring in income with my own undiagnosed disabilities and without a working vehicle. We are dangerously behind on what it takes to keep us housed. Triple Whammy! We really need help. Thank you so much for your consideration.