Help Mike pay down bills from open heart surgery.

Hello, This is Michael White, I'm doing a fundraiser to help pay my medical bills and help me through my recovery from Open Heart Surgery scheduled for March 24, 2023. I have Aortic Valve Disorder. I'm having a Poss Mitral valve repair, Aortic Root Replacement, Pulmonary Vein Isolation, Possibly Valve Sparing and LAAE (whatever that means!?!?). I was hospitalized back in October 2022 with A-Fib and when they checked me out and shocked my heart back into rhythm they discovered my valves were leaking and surgery was imminent since my Aortic Valve Disorder would eventually tear and lead to pretty much instant death 100% of the time, so I'm actually pleased I had the A-Fib. Unfortunately, I have racked up some hefty medical bills and will also be out of work anywhere from 7 to 12 weeks since I'll be on "Sternal Precautions" for up to 12 weeks. Part of the procedure is to cut through the sternum which sounds pretty gruesome.

I will be using the funds to help with those medical bills and to also pay some basic stuff like rent after the long layover from work.

It's important to me since I don't wish to be bankrupt from these medical bills and because I've been missing work off and on due to these health issues over the past 5 months it has really drained me of my savings. The great news is the surgery will really help my on going health.

Thank you in advance for anyone who chooses to help out.

Michael