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I have struggling for months to make the bills. I deal with mental illness being diagnosed with bipolar disorder, depression, anxiety and ptsd. We have fallen on hard times because of my inability to handle the stress of working as a nurse. I’ve been waiting tables and helping out at double drizzle some. Two weeks ago all of the Double Drizzle employees and their families went on vacation and they insisted on taking me with them. They helped me get there and with all the expenses of being there. I had been suicidal for weeks and planned to end my life when we returned. Then one morning I woke up at 3 am and had this feeling like no other that I had to spend that day at the beach. So I went out in the dark and sat and watched the sun rise, I collected shells and sat and watched the surfers and waves. After a few hours my friend came and sat with me. An elderly man was walking down the beach and a wave knocked him into the surf. The ocean was so rough and wild bc of storms off the coast. I ran in after him and got him up and out of the water but got caught in the rip tide. My legs were pulled from under me and my fibula was dislocated. I was unable to stand and was being pounded by wave after wave. I had moments before questioned God and my belief was so unsure. But I knew I was going to drown and the only thing I knew to do was pray. I asked God to save me. I looked back and saw the waves coming for me and in that moment the ocean calmed. The waves went still. I dug my hands into the sand and crawled out. I was baptized by God that day bc I came out of that water saved with a whole different outlook. I had saved that man from drowning but in the process God changed and saved my life. I was baptized at church this past Sunday and I’m ready to live a life I’m proud of. But now I have multiple injuries to my leg. I have a stress fracture to my fibula,fibular head subluxation, and the posterior capsule is torn. I have to be off work another two weeks adding to the already two weeks I’ve been off bc of this. I have to have physical therapy and possibly surgery to repair this injury. My family is in a financial strains of their own and unable to help me. I’m at risk of having all utilities turned off and not being able to pay rent. This is humiliating and very hard for me but I’m at risk of losing everything. Im trying to not question why these things happen but I know there will be a lesson I just pray I don’t lose everything in the process. Any assistance anyone can give me my family and I would greatly appreciate.
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Misty Lynn Maggard
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Ashland, KY