Please Help with Mounting Medical Bills

Hi, my name is Steve Bosque. I am usually the person to help others out first and as a proud man, I am finding it very difficult to even ask, but I am going to do so.

I am a single dad and live and provide for my 9 year old son who lives with me.

So here is my situation:

In mid October of 2023, I was misdiagnosed with pneumonia. I was under doctors care and went through two courses over three weeks of antibiotics and steriods, but it did not clear up. I decided to go to hospital and checked out. That's when it was discovered that i suffered a heart attack some weeks back and was in congestive heart failure. I then had three stents placed in my heart. I was hospitalized for almost 2 weeks recovering and getting the fluid out of my chest and lungs.

I was discharged on many new medications for heart failure and help build back heart function. Unfortunately these meds kept lowering my blood pressure and causing me to be light headed and dizzy. Two weeks after I was discharged from hospital, my blood pressure dropped and i collapsed while walking to the bathroom and fell onto the side of my tub, loosing conscienceness, which i thought was just a bruise and muscle sprain. I thought it was just a bruise/sprain but then the pain increased and hampered my brething so back I went to the Hospital. There it was confirmed I broke a rib, bruised my sleen and liver, and developed brusing of the abdomen on my left side. The doctors determined the medications were dropping my blood pressure to much so they were evaluated and changed.

After those two stints in the Hospital, I have been seeing all sorts of doctors and several tests and proceedures to keep up on my health and recovery. Each Doctor visit, as they are all specialists is $50, And I have averaged at least 1 every two weeks since Thanksgiving. Now I finally got the hospital bill for the first admission. The bill was just over $252,000.00!!! Because I am self employed, i pay for my insurance with no help/funding from the State or Federal which costs me $1,300 per month.

Thank the Good Lord i have insurance though, but I still have a portion of over $8,000 that i have to payand my monthly premiums. Second admission to came in from hospital and that was an additional $6000, and I also have emergency room doctors bills, first admission was just over $2000. My total out of pocket is $15,000, so I am in a deep hole.

I have not been back to work full time since beginning of November and I have used my savings to keep mortgage paid, utilities on, and food in house for my son.

I hate to ask for help but at this point I have no other alternative. Anything you can do would be greatly appreciated.

Thank you and God Bless!