Help Martin Family After Acccident
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Tyler is a Disabled Veteran. In 2014, about a week after finding out that we were pregnant with our son, a howitzer backed over his right foot/ankle and broke 27 bones. He had 7 surgeries to repair his foot/ankle but still lives in constant pain every day and has limited range of motion. He developed a condition called RSD. The key symptom is, chronic, intense pain that gets worse over time rather than better. This condition is labeled online as the suicide disease because of how miserable it makes people. Doctors wanted to amputate but were afraid that the RSD would make him swell too much to be able to fit a prosthetic.
Friday, March 5th, Tyler was in a bad car accident on his way to work. He broke his left femur and tore muscles in his right knee. He had to have surgery on his leg and shortly afterwards he started coughing up blood, experiencing chest pain and was very short of breath. He had to be on oxygen and moved to the ICU for "intubation watch". The doctors suspected a blood clot in his lungs but after tests ruled that out. They now think that he aspirated during his surgery and damaged his lungs.
Because of his condition with already having one very bad leg/foot and now a new bad leg, they are most likely going to have to send him to a rehab facility instead of straight home when he is able to get out of the hospital.
Medical bills are piling up and we will need to make lots of accommodations for him once he is able to return home. Basic things are going to be very difficult for a while and he will need lots of help. Neither of us are getting to work and family members have been taking off work to help us as well.
Tyler is such an amazing husband, dad, person, and very hard worker. He is the strongest person I know, but after nearly 7 years of chronic pain, he is very tired. He is tired of hurting and now he has much more pain and a long road ahead of him. The last thing I want is for him to have to worry about our finances during this already troublesome time. Anything will help, even if all you can do is share our story.
Friday, March 5th, Tyler was in a bad car accident on his way to work. He broke his left femur and tore muscles in his right knee. He had to have surgery on his leg and shortly afterwards he started coughing up blood, experiencing chest pain and was very short of breath. He had to be on oxygen and moved to the ICU for "intubation watch". The doctors suspected a blood clot in his lungs but after tests ruled that out. They now think that he aspirated during his surgery and damaged his lungs.
Because of his condition with already having one very bad leg/foot and now a new bad leg, they are most likely going to have to send him to a rehab facility instead of straight home when he is able to get out of the hospital.
Medical bills are piling up and we will need to make lots of accommodations for him once he is able to return home. Basic things are going to be very difficult for a while and he will need lots of help. Neither of us are getting to work and family members have been taking off work to help us as well.
Tyler is such an amazing husband, dad, person, and very hard worker. He is the strongest person I know, but after nearly 7 years of chronic pain, he is very tired. He is tired of hurting and now he has much more pain and a long road ahead of him. The last thing I want is for him to have to worry about our finances during this already troublesome time. Anything will help, even if all you can do is share our story.
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Amanda Martin
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Georgetown, KY