Recent injury causing Paralysis & Permanent Disability

Greetings. As some of you may know I've spent most of my life focused on fighting hate & prejudice. I've assumed many roles over the years in doing so from organizing and leading protests to keep our communities safe from hate groups to Founding and assuming the role of first Director of UnityUSA an anti-racist 501c3 nonprofit founded originally to assist the town of Leith, ND in driving out the Nazis who were threatening to take over their town and the county it resides in. For more information please view the multiple award winning documentary "Welcome to Leith" which, through great story telling, shares the story of what happened there. My other passion is working with people with disabilities in one capacity or another from being a special education teacher, direct care worker, case management, and as the Director of a disability services provider (MCRS) in Moorhead MN. I've long advocated and volunteered in the substance abuse field w/a true hero, Jeremy Kelly, who led the way and I just followed. In the year and a half since my spinal cord injury, I've experienced many ups and quite a few downs. For the 31 days. I was in the hospital after the surgery and for the first 30 days I was in the physical rehab facility I was transferred to I complained of pain in the area where they operated. St. Cloud hospital refused to do any further scans and when I got to the rehab facility which in actuality was a nursing home, I was sent to North memorial hospital where they did 2 CT scans, an MRI, snd x-rays And found out that one of the vertebrae was still broken and leaning into my spinal cord requiring additional medical intervention. I chose to wear a brace until the vertebrae was stable and that lasted for about 6 months during which time I was unable to engage in any physical therapy. I have had four different therapists in the year and a half. I've been here and a 3-month break between therapists. It's like one step forward, three (sometimes 4) steps back. I work hard everyday doing my own exercises and then partaking in the 3 to 5 days a week that I'm scheduled to do physical therapy. I'm working hard to move back to the Moorhead community where I will receive much better medical care and physical therapy than I'm receiving currently. Once I've overcome my physical injuries, I look forward to getting back to an engaging in my former activism. I will do my best to pay forward the help that I've received from all of you. The ups and downs of the care that I received over the last now 22 months that has, at times, left me disheartened and with thoughts of just giving up but I'm not that kind of person and I'm going to fight as hard as I can to regain as much as I can so I can get out there and help others through sharing my story of the physical and emotional pain that I've been through. Thank you all for your help I couldn't appreciate it more, nor could I find words to express how important your help has been. I have a long way to go to meet my goals, but I know eventually I'll get there. I'd appreciate it greatly If you can make a donation as well as if you could share this page with as many people as possible and hopefully get us closer to the goal that we've set.

Warmest regards,

BubbaScott