
Help The Smith Family Pay for Medical Bills
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Hi, my name is Cory. We're a local family located in Belle River, Ontario. My mom Rosanne is 52 and has been struggling with knee infections ever since her first knee replacement surgery in June of 2019. Our family discovered soon after the surgery that my mom is part of a small percentage that her body ended up fighting against her and rejecting the knee...thus resulting in a spiral of knee infections, additional surgeries, antibiotic pick lines, and one septic scare.
We almost lost her...and we couldn't ever live without her. She was told by a new surgeon a few weeks ago that there was nothing more they can do and the leg must be amputated pretty much all the way up to the hip (as you can see in the photo, which was taken yesterday). The surgery occurred yesterday, December 1st. My dad took one last photo of her as she was admitted. She had no choice, they told her one more septic scare and she would be gone...
Our family is in need of assistance from our wonderful community to help my dad be able to stay by my moms side while she is in London for an indefinite amount of time. Not to mention, we don't know how we are going to pay for all the medical equipment she will need when she finally comes home. My dad doesn't even know how to go on without working, since like most of us they live paycheck to paycheck.
Thank you to anyone who donates anything they can, It means so much to us, especially during this time of year.
Sincerely,
Cory and the Smith Family
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Cory Smith
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Belle River, ON