My name is Tahir, and I am the second child of Natalie Green-Dunbar. I am a college student raising urgent funds for my mother, who has been hospitalized since October 28, 2026, following a devastating workplace injury.

On April 17, 2024, while working as a primate keeper, my mom was attacked, bitten by a pigtail macaque and fell backward onto a concrete floor. Because of the primate bite, she was immediately placed on intense anti-retroviral medications (PEP) and strict medical monitoring.

However, despite the violence of her fall, her workplace’s occupational health clinic repeatedly ignored her requests for diagnostic testing on her back and ribs.

It wasn't until severe pain forced her into the Emergency Room that an MRI was finally ordered. The results proved what she had been saying all along: she had suffered an L4-L5 disc herniation, cervical and lumbar radiculopathy, sciatica, and spondylosis. Objective EMG nerve testing and physical therapy evaluations also documented severe muscle spasms and weakness on her right side.

On Wednesday, October 28, 2026, her condition took a critical turn. She was hospitalized with severe, full-body spasms affecting both sides of her body, leaving her completely unable to walk.

Despite overwhelming medical evidence, my mom is being forced to fight for basic care. Her workers' compensation insurance abruptly cut off her physical therapy, even though her orthopedic surgeon and physical therapist stated it was medically necessary.

Recently, an insurance-appointed doctor examined her for just 15 minutes and declared her "fully recovered" with "0% impairment," completely ignoring her MRIs and her treating specialists.

That ruling is impossible to reconcile with reality. My mom is currently lying in a hospital bed, unable to walk.

The hospital has recommended an inpatient rehabilitation program, but we are stuck in limbo waiting for her employer's insurance to approve the costs. She cannot even come home until this is resolved.

This crisis has shattered our family’s stability. My older sister and I are both away at college, while our two youngest siblings are at home, one of whom is recovering from a recent surgery. My youngest sister cries almost every day, begging for our mom to come home. My father is now our sole breadwinner, and because he has been spending days and nights at the hospital by my mom’s side, his working hours have been severely cut. With my mom’s workers' compensation benefits completely terminated, we are facing a dire financial emergency.

We are urgently asking for your help to keep our family afloat while my mom fights to walk again.

Every dollar raised will go directly toward:

Critical Medical & Rehab Costs:

Covering out-of-pocket co-pays for her ongoing prescriptions (Cyclobenzaprine and Pregabalin), specialist visits, and the looming costs of the inpatient rehabilitation program that her employer's insurance is currently delaying and refusing to cover.

Essential Household Bills:

Replacing my mom’s terminated income to keep our family from falling behind on critical bills while my father misses work to care for her.

Hospital Travel & Parking: Covering the daily gas, transit, and hospital parking costs required for my father to be there for my mom's care.

This fundraiser is not a substitute for the workers' compensation benefits my mother is legally entitled to, nor is it a resolution to her ongoing legal battle. It is a desperate measure to ensure she gets the rehab she needs to walk again and to keep our family from losing everything while she heals.

Any donation makes an immediate difference, and sharing this page with your network helps just as much.

Thank you from the bottom of our hearts for reading and supporting our family.