Medical Bills, moving an and starting over.

Hi, my name is Jennifer and this is not at all something I am comfortable with doing. 10 weeks go I was a fit and active pre primary teacher in Carnarvon. I came down for the school holidays and almost immediately got a DVT in my leg which split off into a pulmonary embolism. I suffered a sudden cardiac arrest with 20 mins down time and a hypoxic brain injury. I was admitted to ICU at Charlie Gardner ICU for 3 weeks where I was treated so well. After then being sent to a ward, I was sent home too fast (within a day) and I threw another clot in my psoas muscle with the clot wrapped around the head of my femur. I’ve had two children and this was the most painful thing I’ve experienced. I was admitted back to hospital less than 24 later and was to stay another 5 weeks.

For someone fit, active, swimmer, scuba diver, paddle boarder, hiker, camper - there was just no explanation for why this happened to me, which is a little terrifying.

in the aftermath, my job has been wonderful but I have obviously not been able to work for 10 weeks and earn the income that pays my bills. My mum is a pensioner and has done her best to keep me afloat with car payments, ambulance bills, insurance, car registration, car payments; the list is never ending. On top of that, I have now got 2 weeks to hire a removalist truck to empty out my house in Carnarvon and move back to Perth where I am close to specialists and my medical teams. Things like a medic alert bracelet, a cardiac dog which would certainly give me piece of mind after having no idea where this came from.

it’s all extremely daunting. I know that I’m lucky to be alive and very blessed, but there are certainly days where I question why. I had someone who I believed to be a good friend, who tricked me into signing him off as my power of attorney. From there, he stole $35,000 and spend it on vacations with his son in the Florida Keyes AND all over the us. His time will come and and as someone who professes to be a Christian, what is done in the dark is eventually revealed by light. But that money would take care of all the needs I have now. It makes me angry that someone can have so little disregard for another person’s life.

i am writing in the hope that I can speak or the generosity of those who can afford to give, so that I might end this year back in the black rather than the red. Thanks you so much if you took the time to read all the way through. It means a lot.

thank you,

jennifer