Medical treatment and everyday essentials.

Hello

My name is Paul Lovett. I am a U.S. Military Army Veteran who proudly served our country. I suffer from hearing loss, P.T.S.D. and anxiety from the military.,

I am a retired Correctional Officer of 32 years and 9 months for the Indiana Dept. of Corrections. I retired on Oct. 29th, 2020. After I retired, I found myself in the position of having to go back to work for health insurance for myself. My wife is disabled so she has Medicare insurance.

I am a father of 4 children. One daughter from my first marriage, a son and a daughter with my current wife, and we adopted a daughter out of the foster care system of which we fostered over 83 children over 7 years. We also claim 2 young ladies we have adopted into our family as our daughters, whom we Love. Blood doesn't make a family, Love does.

I am also a proud PAPA of 3 grandsons, and 1 granddaughter whom I Love with all my heart.

All of our children are grown now, so it is my wife and I dream to retire in the Great Smokey Mountains of TN.

On Jan 6, 2023. I became very ill. I started having trouble breathing, and walking, and had severe swelling in my body, especially in my feet. My feet began to crack and bleed.

I went to my family Dr. I was examined there and was told to go straight to the Emergency room. I arrived at Emergency room where there I was examined and immediately admitted to the Hospital.

Over the next 4 days, I had a series of tests, x-rays, EKGs, Echocardiograms and Ultrasounds. At this time my body started to betray me.

I went into Congestive Heart Failure, Renal Failure. I was moved to the I.C.U. unit of the hospital. The Drs. ran more tests as you can imagine. With more blood work I felt like a human pin cushion. I had 4 IV ports in one arm and 1 in the other. I was not allowed to get up so when I had a bowel movement had to use a bedpan it is hard to let someone else wipe your backside for you when you can't do it yourself.

I underwent a Heart Catheterization, where the Dr. found out my heart is only functioning at 15% I am very weak. Due to Renal Failure, I had to undergo surgery to have a port placed in my carotid artery in my neck, to start Dialysis. After a few days of Dialysis, the port in my neck collapsed. I had to have another surgery, to have a port placed in my chest above my heart.

I spent a total of 18 days in the I.C.U. flat on my back, I'm a stomach sleeper so very difficult. My P.T.S.D. flared up tremendously and had to be sedated a few times. I also had to be medicated to help with it along with the anxiety of not being able to move.

Sincerely

Paul Lovett

& my Loving wife Tina Curd-Lovett