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Help Mary, in her 80s, fund her broken hip surgery

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Help Mary who is in her 80s fund for surgery to fix her broken hip

This is my mom, an amazing lady with a heart of gold.  This has been a particularly challenging year for her, not just because of the pandemic which is challenging enough on its own, but also because her health has been playing up since early in the year.  She lost her mobility one day on waking back in February, with her legs completely swollen and in severe pain.  I made it back to look after her – until the full force of the pandemic hit, and flights were cancelled and borders were closed for the foreseeable future, and I had to leave her to fend for herself alone while still immobile. She finally regained some mobility only recently.  Before that happened, there was another health episode which needed attention.  But the most recent challenge to befall her is a devastating fall where she has suffered a fractured (ie. broken) hip and needs surgery.  


A hip fracture for a person in her 80s is not one to be taken lightly, and is associated with a high mortality rate.  Even with surgery, there is also a high likelihood that her mobility and quality of life will be negatively affected.  This is a huge concern for someone who is living on her own, and who had been highly independent and spent her days and nights doing charity work particularly with regards to animal welfare in a country where animal wellbeing is almost non-existent.  Even all through these periods when she was immobile, she kept worrying and fretting about the welfare of the animals.


The immediate concern however, is to raise funds for the surgery and the associated costs – hospitalization and the post-surgery recovery period.  Due to the border closures and lack of flights, I am unable to return to look after her, so she will also need nursing care.  I am unable to afford the surgery and the associated costs having had to take a step back from work due to personal health reasons as well, even prior to the devastation of this pandemic.  Those who knows me personally will know how hard I have been trying to juggle things including working several jobs as my health stabilised and giving up my rental to do house-sitting in an attempt to make it work on my own.  However, I am now left with no other way to fund the surgery and other costs on my own.


If you could please help in any way, it will go a long way to helping my mom and I to pay for her medical and associated bills, and allow me the opportunity to hopefully, still have a parent to return to when normalcy returns post-pandemic.


Thank you for your support, and please, keep my mom in your thoughts and prayers.


With love from Chee

Donations 

  • Anna Lim
    • $50
    • 4 yrs

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Chee Yeoh
Organizer
Hughesdale, VIC

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