
Help with Finances
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Hello my name is Nikki and my Husband Matt is very sick. A month after this picture was taken in October he started feeling bad. Couldn't keep food or liquid down. Started losing weight slowly and I knew something wasn't right. September he weighed 250lbs. By January he was 175.. so we went to the doctor.. he had his first endoscopy done February 22nd.. results were "oh its an ulcer"..here's tons of Meds for indigestion..well the weight kept falling off.. so after seeing 3 different doctors and endoscopy after endoscopy..test after test and all saying it's the ulcer and us giving up we found a doctor that started from the beginning and actually found out that Matt's stomach was in his chest!! Hiatial hernia is what they said. But because matt had gastric bypass surgery in 2005 his "gastric" stomach was completely in a hole above his diaphragm which had pretty much squished together. So when he ate or drank it would just sit there. He wasn't getting the food and nutrients he needed. He was basically starving to death. The doctor needed him to gain 20-30lbs before he could safely do the surgery. That wasn't the case for Matt. He was still losing the weight. Matt right now weighs 129lbs... and now has to have a feeding tube surgically put in on August 2nd. He was medically taken off work ( which is killing him ) the end of May and with the bills piling up we need help! We don't know when he will be able to go back to work at the moment. He will have to have another surgery after he gains what weight the doctor needs him to gain to repair the hiatial hernia.. we have 3 girls at home and with school about to start on top of everything else I'm at a breaking point. I work 84 hrs a week every other week and I honestly can't get caught up. I've never had a gofund me so people kept telling me to set one up. I appreciate anyone who has taken the time to read our story and if you can donate even 1$ we would greatly appreciate it as well. Prayers are definitely welcomed. We need all we can get. Matt has to get better he is our rock. He is the most amazing man I know and would give you the shirt off his back! My kids and I would be lost without him!! Again thanks for reading and we hope you have a blessed day.
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Nikki Allen
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Connersville, IN