Medical expenses for Howie

Hi, I'm Stephanie Thanheiser and I am starting this GoFundMe in hopes of alleviating even a tiny bit of the financial strain that is occuring right now for Howie and Shannon Reynolds.

Howie was in Harborview for almost a week where he was Life Flighted for a terrible ATV accident Labor Day Weekend. He was alone when it happened. Thankfully he had his phone because he was badly injured, breaking 6 ribs, his collarbone and also developed a hematoma around his heart. This is why it was urgent enough to Life Flight him. There is no more bleeding around his heart currently but the healing of so many broken bones leaves a long road ahead for him. Shannon has brought him home now where she will need to be his full time caretaker until he can do things on his own again.

If you know Howie, you know that just a few months ago he was hospitalized in Seattle due to a serious medical issue. Those expenses mounted and now sadly, they are right back where they were. Much worse in fact since this healing process will be a VERY long road.

Shannon and Howie own an amazing little local business, The Corner Caboose. The Caboose is closed as of now indefinitely as they don't have any staff to man it. They may be able to open intermittently if and when she can find help. This business is only seasonal and with just two months left in their season, this is devastating to them. As you can imagine, it's a tremendous hit as it leaves them with NO income and the biggest hardship of all is that Howie no longer has health insurance

Howie is one of the sweetest, kindest, funny AND generous humans I know. He is a trooper and has had a lot of health issues this past year but you will NEVER see Howie feel sorry for himself. If you can help out in ANY way at all...even the smallest amount...it all helps and I know they would be forever grateful! You can also Venmo rather than donating here https://venmo.com/u/Shannon-Hardy-41

Please feel free to send your well wishes to Howie or even post them on the Corner Caboose Facebook page. I know it would cheer him up!

Thank you so much!