Please Help Raise Money for Multiple Surgery Bills

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EDIT #3: Again… again I’m back in Hospital. Gullstones… I underwent surgery to remove them, and I thought things were fine. They weren’t. It turned into an infection… never have I felt pain like this. Kidney Stones were worse, but this pain came very close. I couldn’t stop vomiting, and the vomiting caused a hairline fracture in my spine. Right in the same place that just finally healed. I’m being bombarded with messages and calls from the ambulance services and the emergency helicopter that transported me from hospital to hospital, and no matter what I do or say they will not stop. I’m stressed.. I feel absolutely depressed… my doctor and nurses tell me to rest and focus on healing, but how can I do that when I’m always worrying about my medical debt? Having money for rent. Keeping my babies fed… I’m scared.

EDIT2: Again I’m back in the hospital.. it’s been almost a month now. Covid hit me like a freight train, and I was very scared when the doctor told me I had contracted the newest strand. An Ultravarient. They told me that there are two varieties of the Ultravarient, A and B. Somehow I had contracted both at the same time. This new strand doesn’t seem to be effected by any of the vaccines.

So… even though I had already received every vaccine available, it went straight through. My fever maxed out at 105.2. I’ve never felt something so horrible in my life. It’s worse than any flu or virus I’ve ever heard of or had… the sneezing, coughing and vomiting caused my back to break over and over again, it’s been miserable. But the staff here have made my days so much brighter with their kindness and consideration for their patients. 

Even with their help and kindness, more bills have piled up on our family.. a month long hospital stay (so far) along with all medications they have given me, and ambulance transportation…. we are drowning in debt. Brittle Bone Disease is something I know and have lived with my whole life, but throwing something unknown and horrifying on top of it has just destroyed my hopes. Please… I ask anyone who is able to please help us during this nightmare.. and thank you reading my story.

I want to give a very special thank you to AwesomeJacketDude who has been my number one supporter from the very start of this entire nightmarish and painful journey. God Bless you, my friend. Bless you all. 

Thank you.

EDIT: I’m back in the hospital again… things aren’t going so well this time around. First my heart, now my spine, hip, and a blood infection… I’m truly at a loss. I don’t know what to do anymore… I have a back brace, physical therapy three times a day, and so many tests that it’s draining me of my sanity. I’ve been so depressed, I just don’t know what to do anymore. My levels are extremely low, and they’ve been drawing my blood 3 times a day. I have 4 IVs in my arms and hands.. it’s extremely frustrating. I just want to get better and live stress free. Now I have been more bills to pay and expenses to handle. God… Please help me.

MOST RECENT STAY… OCTOBER 4th-28th … Wasn’t the best photographer but Itried to document my journey as best as I could. Injection after injection after IV after IV… I was absolutely drained. Forgive the blurry images. Uploads can only be a certain size. 

EDIT: STAY #2, SEPTEMBER 2021

(September 3rd)

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Hello everyone. Thank you for taking the time to read my story.

 

My name is Erika. I’m 28 years old and was born with brittle bone disease. For once in my life, having a fracture isn’t the current problem…

 

Recently I was forced to have an emergency heart surgery. It was unexpected and completely out of the blue.. I’ve never had heart problems before, though it does run in my family as my mother passed away from heart disease. I never would have guessed that I would carry on that gene…

I was scared and confused. I didn’t want to believe what was happening to me… I remember laying there waiting for the doctor to come in and take me off to the operating room, crying and wondering if I would see my mom again sooner than planned. But I made it.

 

 

I woke up. I remember being so thankful, and extremely grateful to be alive. Doctor K did an amazing job.. they all did, and I was only in hospital for a month and three days. Now back at home and under treatment, I have to clean it every few days and change the bandages, but that’s a fair trade for my life, I think. :)

But the reason I’m here on this website are the medical bills… they’re more than I can handle, and I have no choice but to reach out to everyone who sees this post for help. Please, if you are able, share this story with others, or maybe donate what ever you can. Even a dollar is a blessing.

 

thank you to all, and God Bless. He’s always watching, and he’s protecting us all. I know that now more than ever. Thank you for reading my story. Bless you all.