Late Sunday night (March 22, 2020), almost three weeks ago, my husband, Fitzgerald Dodd, sat at the kitchen table and declared that he had to finish the SBA Economic Injury Loan application before we went to bed. COVID-19 was sequestering all of his catering business as the restrictions on social gatherings were getting tighter and tighter. Then it happened. He made an awkward noise and started to grab the center of his chest. As a physician, I naturally went into 'first-responder mode' and asked all the pertinent questions as I settled him on the floor and gave him four baby aspirin. I thought it was a heart attack but his answers to my questions did not match. After seconds of watching him, I knew... and I prayed as I frantically dialed 911.   He was rushed to the hospital and then to another specialty hospital for emergency vascular surgery on his aorta. What I feared was confirmed and it took prayer and the skill of a highly trained vascular team to correct his issue in over 14 hours of surgery.  A second surgery was done days later to washout and close his chest.  After almost a week, he was able to come off the ventilator briefly, only to have to be reintubated and eventually trached to relieve the pressure on his vocal cords and assist with oxygenation. I struggled to cope with what was happening, but the GRACE and PEACE of God was with me. To make matters worse, COVID-19 shut all hospitals down to visitors.  I was not allowed to see him but I called for updates round the clock and made frequent visits to drop off pictures, notes and trinkets to let him know that he is not alone as soon as he had an awareness of his surroundings. By the GRACE of God, he will make a full recovery!  We just moved to Dallas in the new year and, in the transition, our health insurance associated with my last practice terminated. I have not established with a new medical practice or taken any contract jobs since the move. Fitzgerald is still in the ICU and will likely discharge home directly from there. His rehabilitation is expected to take a few months with need for follow up with doctors from cardiology (heart), nephrology ( kidneys), pulmonology (lungs) and with the E.N.T. (ear, nose and throat) specialist to have his tracheostomy removed.  We planned to do his physical therapy mostly at home to save costs but I am certain they will also have some visits to follow his progress to full function.  This Go Fund Me is to help cover the medical expenses and sustain us as we continue on the journey to restoration. It is hard to ask for what seems like an excessive amount but medical care can absorb funds very quickly. Every gift, no matter how small, is precious to us. We are saying thank you in advance and will keep our supportive family updated. Please do not think that you have nothing to offer. We are just as grateful for prayers! I can not help but see the amazing testimony for salvation in Jesus as God writes our story. When we get to full recovery and press forward to opening day for our restaurant, it will be a tangible story of the the Lord's provision and healing hands. Thank you again for your support!

brady willis

Natarsha Price

Derrick Yarbrough

Wendy McClinton

Lois Edmonds

Michael Hellemn

Grover Carter

JaNeen Howard

Brandon Harris

Gretchen Buie

Salome Austin

Lilla Heiczinger

Anonymous

Faye Johnson

Sarah Martin

Carolyn Vaughn

William P. Fogle

Sean Meador

The Heart of a Chef

platform

Platform is iOS

Android

Adyen Google Pay Development Audience

$opt_dummy_attribute

English only

Deprecate Stripe Legacy

dyn_template_ids

Adyen V6 Bene Transfer & MyMoney Campaign Organizers - test01

Bene transfer V6 and AdyenV6MyMoney Campaign Organizers - production

OneTrust next-app audience

fundCountryCode

NextDoor Share Option Users

Fundraisers with Reactions feature capability

fundCurrencyCode

US + Non-charity COs Only

locale

fund country is US and user language is English

personId

comms-internal-person-ids

Enhanced Story Experience Users

Suggested Goal Experience Users

user language is English and fund country: US, AU, DK, FI, IE, NO, SE, CA, GB; 

Poster share - new funds eligible (newest 9/18)

Streaming widgets beta user

paymentProcessor

3DS payment method

user language is English and fundCountry: US, AU, DK, FI, IE, NO, SE, CA, GB; 

currencyCode

Money Box Donation List Prompt Experiment Audience

GoFundMe Employees

ipAddress

Mark Rieth IP Address

Version 9.2.0 and above

Fund is in English speaking country

desktop

Android v12.11.0 and above

Platform is Android

paymentMethodType

checkoutType

Payment method type group to be vaulted on success

admin pr kit prod

EUR Donation Upsell

Share Text generation Skip Fundraiser

(prod) new funds eligible for amp12 (UGC gallery)

fintrac_cad_idv_form_v2 audience

paymentProcessorAccountId

fallback mode accounts

proCampaignId

p2p legacy startfundraising page

AMP24 New Funds Only PROD (DO NOT MODIFY)

countryCode

charityId

UKCharities

Federated Search Internal Testing

route.pathname community

US Donation Upsell audience 

Auto Thanks Feature Audience

Supporter Comments Eligible Funds

International Only

fundId

braze fundraiser group 

Payment Identity Transfers ATO Risk Check (Targeted) - Production

Fundraiser Saved Payment Method Rate Limit Bypass (Production)

leaderboard-partner-id-audience-givepanel

Eligible for Profile Comment Badge

Version 9.2.1 and above

AUD Donation Upsell audience

fundraiserCountryCode is US/EN

Active Fundraiser - Smart Default Cadence

DAF Internal

Vault on success card payment method

Platform is iOS v11.0.0 and above

Desktop users

Person ids

United States (US) users

allow yuno fundraisers for test

Mexico country code

Posters INTL

NPO Profile Opted-In

iOS at or above 12.4.0

non-US recurring donors

Canada Campaign Owner Group

Fundraiser Without Meta Link

Scheduler payment tester gorup

charityCommunityId

Charities allow to be claimed unclaimed (PRD)

Canada (CA) users

UC Tipping v20250115 International

pymk_production_xplr_fe_team

Android at or above 12.2.0

Profile photo entry point audience

smart goals (fundraiser/manage) on test01

Activity Tracking v1 Beta Testing

writePath

Stream Notification

start gfm intl allowed locales

Platform is iOS v11.2.0 and above

NPO upsell education category

unclaimed charities

prod_ach_audience

AI Chatbot Audience

amp13 only new funds (prod) (anyword auto)

UC Flow Enabled (Prod)

Payment Identity Beneficiary Verification - Production

shared notification bell audience

Custom users

ach frontend audience

Android v11.0.0 and above

Users Receiving Payments Paused Notifications

smart goals test01

Manage Coach - US English Organizers Only + new funds only

Team EGG - IP Address list

NPO recommendations prod

Fundraiser Without Instagram Deep Link

Native 11.4.0 and above

UC Tipping v20250107

ai_title_page

anyword

openai

control

manual_entry

userEmail

template_id

userId

fundUrl

isCharityCo

email

appVersion

shouldBucketIntoExperiment

partnerId

isEligibleForProfileCommentBadge

donationCadence

isActiveFundraiser

isPartner

isMobile

npoProfileOptIn

fundIsLinkedWithMeta

hasSessionDonation

categoryGroup

isCampaignOwner

fundHasInstagramDeepLink

Native 11.3.0 and above

Native 11.4.0 and higher

New funds eligible - Video Sharing (PROD)

GB Donation Upsell audience 

Auto Thanks V3 Rollout Audience

Thank you V3 testing whitelist

isRecurringFriendly

Is Recurring Friendly

Excluded funds - Video Sharing

NPO upsell animals category

NPO upsell disaster relief category

Logged In Users

CH Donation Upsell audience

Android v10.6.0 and above

NPO upsell essential needs category

NPO upsell medical category

userCurrencyCode

Localized Currency

NPO upsell cancer category

v11.5.0 and above

testAudience

pathname

Survicate

appVersion is at or above 12.8.0

Non-charity fund

isChallengeFundraiser

challenge-fundraisers

Payment Identity Launch Verification - Production

New funds eligible - Posters v2

CAD Donation Upsell Audience

Braze Email Tester

NPO Profile Opted-Out

iOS App Version

hasKnownDonors

PYMK has donors

iOS v12.3.0 and above

The Heart of a Chef

Still $20,787 to go. Help us build momentum.