03/28 update: Jose had his fourth surgery today! They closed the second incision which is great, but they will monitor the skin. It has a 50/50 chance of healing. If it doesn't then they will have to remove it and proceed with skin grafting. Thank you so much to everyone who has donated! With ICU and four surgeries thus far, expenses are adding up fast!

Update: Jose had his third surgery today! One incision has been closed now, which is great! Second incision is still open and being monitored! Keep up the sharing, we're nearly have way there!!

Hi, my name is Jennifer Jackson and I work with Kendra Gomez. Our co-workers want to do something for Kendra and her husband Jose~They need your help!

Jose Gomez, Kendra's husband, was having pain in his leg last week, so much that he couldn't bear wait on it. They went to CNOS on Tuesday where they examined him and were perplexed by the pain. They did labs and a MRI. They said that it may be a severe infection causing inflammation and pain, but not blood clot or bone break.

Thursday the pain was so unbearable that they called CNOS back and they recommended that they go to the ER. Thursday evening he had a MRI and they met with an infectious disease doctor. The doctor determined that evening that there was a chance that Jose had necrotizing fasciitis, a flesh eating bacteria, which is life threatening. Thursday night, they cut Jose off from food and water anticipating that he would have surgery on Friday morning, which happened.

On Friday, he had a very long surgery where they made two incisions in his leg removing as the dead tissue. He will have a would vac on those spots for several days, leaving them open. On Sunday, he went back into surgery where they cleaned out more dead tissue. At this time, the doctor doesn't think that his leg will need to be amputated, which is a great thing.

There will be more surgeries this week, probably Tuesday or Wednesday where they will continue to take out dead tissue. They're watching his skin color, various markers of infection from the blood work, and ensuring the touch antibiotics aren't too hard on his liver and kidneys. Discharge dates is TBD because they have no idea how long they will have to continue to clean out the dead tissue. Once he's discharged from Sioux City, he will likely go to Omaha for skin grafts followed by physical therapy.

Jose and Kendra are small business owners, Jose is a full-time tatoo artist. When he doesn't work, he doesn't get paid. With multiple surgeries in a short amount of time, an extended hospital stay, skin grafts to come, then physical therapy, the medical expenses will be overwhelming.

We want the Gomez family to focus on getting Jose healthy and be able to be stress free from medical expenses. Let's rally and help these two amazing individuals and their babies, Karson and Elsie.

Hola, mi nombre es Jennifer Jackson y trabajo con Kendra Gomez. Nuestros compañeros de trabajo quieren hacer algo por Kendra y su esposo José. ¡Necesitan tu ayuda!

José Gómez, el esposo de Kendra, tenía tanto dolor en la pierna la semana pasada que no podía soportar esperar. Fueron al CNOS el martes donde lo examinaron y quedaron perplejos por el dolor. Le hicieron laboratorios y una resonancia magnética. Dijeron que puede ser una infección grave que causa inflamación y dolor, pero no coágulos de sangre ni rotura de huesos.

El jueves el dolor era tan insoportable que llamaron a CNOS y les recomendaron ir a urgencias. El jueves por la tarde le hicieron una resonancia magnética y se reunieron con un médico especialista en enfermedades infecciosas. El médico determinó esa noche que existía la posibilidad de que José tuviera fascitis necrotizante, una bacteria carnívora que pone en peligro su vida. El jueves por la noche, le cortaron a José la comida y el agua anticipando que lo operarían el viernes por la mañana, lo cual sucedió.

El viernes tuvo una cirugía muy larga donde le hicieron dos incisiones en la pierna para eliminar el tejido muerto. Tendrá una aspiradora en esos lugares durante varios días, dejándolos abiertos. El domingo volvió a la cirugía donde le limpiaron más tejido muerto. En este momento, el médico no cree que sea necesario amputarle la pierna, lo cual es una gran cosa.

Habrá más cirugías esta semana, probablemente el martes o miércoles donde seguirán extrayendo tejido muerto. Están observando el color de su piel, varios marcadores de infección en los análisis de sangre y asegurándose de que los antibióticos al tacto no sean demasiado duros para su hígado y riñones. Las fechas de alta están por determinar porque no tienen idea de cuánto tiempo tendrán que continuar limpiando el tejido muerto. Una vez que le den el alta de Sioux City, probablemente irá a Omaha para recibir injertos de piel seguidos de fisioterapia.

José y Kendra son propietarios de pequeñas empresas, José es tatuador de tiempo completo. Cuando no trabaja, no le pagan. Con múltiples cirugías en un corto período de tiempo, una estadía prolongada en el hospital, injertos de piel por venir y luego fisioterapia, los gastos médicos serán abrumadores.

Queremos que la familia Gómez se concentre en que José esté sano y pueda estar libre de estrés debido a los gastos médicos. Unámonos y ayudemos a estas dos personas increíbles y a sus bebés, Karson y Elsie.