Medical expenses for my son with TBI brain injury
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Hi, my name is Donnie Campbell, and I am asking for help for my son Dee Campbell who had to be airlifted to the hospital on October 20th after a head-on collision. My son spent three weeks in shock trauma fighting for his life and finally regaining consciousness. He broke both his femurs and had to have pins in both legs along with surgery on his right foot to fix ligaments and bones there as well. He has a Severe Traumatic Brain Injury that causes him to act out of character, and he is combative with hospital staff. The Hospital is not trying to help him anymore because of his behavior and because he has no medical insurance. His behavior is caused by the damage to his bilateral front lobes, which affects his aggression and anger and forces him to cuss at the staff. I am a full-time Ministry leader who runs a nonprofit for men recovering from alcohol and drugs, so I don't have the income to get his medicine or try to get him placed with a doctor that can help him recover from his brain injury. We have asked the doctors about medications to calm him down, but all they will give him are Seroquel and Haldol, which are not working. No Rehab will take him acting out and being aggressive, and the Hospital is saying that because he has no insurance, we need to prepare to bring him home. The anti-seizure medicine alone is $1000 for no insurance. He can't walk, so we need a medical bed, wheelchair, and shower chair. I have never done this before, and I feel awkward doing it now, but I know without such help, I will not be able to care for my son, and it seems the system has failed him. My only hope is to find a rehab myself and try to get him in and figure out how to pay for it later. He is my child, and I will fight till my last breath to help him. I don't even have the means to transport him in a wheelchair. Please pray for us and please share this with others. God did not save my son just to let him stay like this. He will get the help he needs in Jesus Name
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Donnie Campbell
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Augusta, GA