However, that is not what occured.  For unexplained reasons, the artery replacement in her right leg failed, and mom began bleeding internally.  And nobody knew it.  Bc No One was checking on my mother!  She bled I get internally until she went into cardiac arrest from lack of blood flow to her heart.    Her heart stopped and the monitors attached to her body for vital signs went haywire.  Then someone checked on my mother.  They found her coded, gave her a blood transfusion, and then restarted her heart by shocking her with a defibrillator.  She continued bleeding internally and again her heart stopped and she got a 2nd blood transfusion and was revived by defibrillation again.

The surgeons then realized that the replacement artery in her right leg had failed and was the cause of the bleeding.  They rushed my mother back into the operating room.  They reopened the surgery site on her right leg, and replaced the failed artificial artery in her right thigh.  The surgeons then reclosed the surgery site and sent my mom back to the recovery room.  This time, someone watched her and checked her circulation.  

Due to the long period of time that my mother had been bleeding inside her leg, proper circulation was not present down her entire right leg.  The result of that lack of blood caused tissue in my mother's right groin and right foot to die completely.  An area of dead tissue in my mom's rt thigh measured 11cm x 17 cm.  All of the toes on her right foot turned black as charcoal.  One of the physicians on duty initially told me, "That will go back to normal."  I knew by looking at it, that the tissue had completely died and I said "Bullshit!". 

The dead tissue in Kathy's groin and toes began to develop gangrene over the next week, and the rotting tissue caused my mother to develop a major infection in her blood that began to spread to her brain.  She was gravely ill.  So the surgeons did another operation to remove the decaying tissue in her rt groin, and placed a Wound Vac into her groin area to drain and remove the infected body fluids.  The blood infection also caused mom's kidneys to fail, and she was placed on Dialysis 3 x wk to clean and purify her blood.

She was kept medically sedated for 2 months due to the major trauma done to her body.  

When the doctors finally removed the sedation and Kathy woke up, she complained that half of her right hand was numb, but severely aching.  She did not have reasonable use of her right hand any longer.  This was a consequence of a pinched or severed nerve.  It bacame apparent that the effects on mom's hand resulted from the frantic previous surgery to save her life.

In addition, Kathy also was extremely nauseated and vomiting when she tried to eat anything.  She stated that she had extreme pain in her left abdomen.  When doctors checked Kathy's abdomen, they found a golf-ball-sized mass on her left abdomen.  They initially told her family that it could be Cancer and further tests would need to be done.  That scared her family immensely, bc she had already been through so much.

The doctors tried to biopsy the mass in Kathy's abdomen. But we're unable to penetrate the mass to get a sample.  Kathy later had a CT Scan of her abdomen.  But the physicians still could not identify the mass.  Kathy underwent exploratory surgery to remove the mass and identify it......It wasn't Cancer.  It was a surgical sponge!!!  Left in place 2 months prior, during the 2nd hasty surgery to replace her artery in the right leg!!!!   WTF!!!   After it's removal, my mom's abdominal pain disappeared.  Go figure.

Due to Insurance reasons my mom was discharged from the hospital after 4 months. With the black, dead toes still attached to her right foot!   4 days later, I took her to the ER of the same hospital and had her readmitted because she had developed another major infection in her rt foot, and it looked like an inflated balloon!  During that hospital stay, the infection was treated and my mother had an amputation surgery, which removed just less than 1/3 of her right foot.  The surgical wound from that foot currently remains an open wound.  Again she was discharged from the hospital due to Insurance rules.  She was hospitalized for 6 months in total.  

During those 6 months, I have been using all of our combined resources to attempt to secure housing for myself and mother, so she could be released to a regular home after the hospital.  She requires constant care, as she is unable to walk and her surgery site on the right foot will take a long time to heal.  It will be at least a year before she will be able to bear full weight on her foot.  And she will require a special shoe to help her relearn how to walk, as a person's toes are the most important for balance, when standing and walking. 

The original plan, before all the medical nightmares began, was for my mom to come and live with me in California.  I already lived in and rented a house that had room for both of us to be comfortable, and where I could care for my mom and still work for my business.  But due to the extended length of time that I habe had to be absent in the State of Nevada,  my landlord in California refused to renew my lease, and re-rented my residence to complete my strangers, while my belongi gd remain there.  I also have not been available to my work clients as I was expected back in 2 months.  So I also suffered a loss of work clientele, and my income has plummeted.  Now myself and my mother have no place to live in California and we are stuck in Nevada, where the medical issues have been caused and are still being treated.   My mother endured all of that pain because someone in the hospital didn't monitor her like they should have.  None of this additional trauma and pain should have happened to her.  And she is still trying to heal.

I have not been able to secure regular housing and Kathy now "lives" with me in my car.  I have been delayed in starting employment in Nevada due to restrictions and unexpected verifications that I wasn't aware of.  I've used more than $5,000, my entire savings, to keep my mother comfortable and safe in motels and temporary "weekly" rentals.  This is due to the extra rental requirements and long housing waiting lists for permanent rentals here.  But we are out of options for housing and out of money.  I'm unable to take regular scheduled jobs, due to the need to have my mother with me in order to provide for her constant needs.  I have applied for several jobs that will allow my mother to be present, but I am still waiting for my background clearances, and have not been able to begin those jobs presently.  Kathy is unable to walk and requires a wheelchair.  She needs assistance do to almost everything due to her now weakened right hand, as she is unable to grasp properly.  She requires my assistance to bathe and groom.  I have managed to keep my mother as safe and comfortable as one can be while living in a car.  But we both cry in frustration and occasionally we argue over trivial things, due to the stress of our situation.

We need some financial help in order to keep my mother safe, clean and infection free,  (living in a car does not allow her right foot to be properly elevated) while she continues to heal and tries to regain strength to allow her to eventually walk again hopefully.  Our nutrition levels are suffering as well due to no kitchen/cooking facilities in the car.  We have gone to the local shelters to inquire about assistance.  But they are dirty and not a good place for my mother to be with an open wound, protected only by bandages.

If anyone can help us, the funds will be used to pay for housing and fuel, allowing my mother and I to continue with her 2 x week doctor appointments.  It will also allow her to receive the "In-Home" services that the doctors have ordered, but she does not have a home in which to receive them. So she is missing that additional care and monitoring by nurses, that her doctors have ordered at this time.

Kathy and I are praying that we can get some help with money to get through this incredibly stressful and trying time in our lives.  I love my mother and I want her to recover well from the medical mistakes that have caused her so much pain and unnecessary disabilities. 

My mother and I are strong believers in helping others.  Now we are the ones who are asking for help.   Please help us if you can.  It would be so appreciated and mean so much to us to not have to struggle in a vehicle.  We are grateful for this program, because we don't have any other options left.

Thank you for thinking of us.  God bless you.