Recovery from physical complications

Hi, my name is Anna Konya, and I've been in the business of wearable art for almost 50 years, doing art shows, trade shows, and the Renaissance Faire.

For the past 8 years I've experienced one surgery after another, each time waiting too long for the surgery causing conditions to worsen. At one point a loose prosthesis in my hip, causing massive pain, went miss diagnosed for 5 years. Revision surgery finally solved that problem.

Now I have to strengthen muscles, and pretty much learn to walk again.

Not only was I less physically able to produce but had to borrow financially to help carry on. The debt continues to grow. I'm still working but it's mighty slow going. The amount of work I've been doing has not been enough to cover what I owe.

Everything I need to continue with my business is here, just waiting for me to do the laying on of hands. Putting work first will never give me the time I need to heal.

$200,000 would cover everything, $65,000 would be fantastic, but $10,000 would at least allow me time to improve physically, enabling me to go forward.

Your generosity will help me to get through one more surgery (shoulder surgery) so that I can finally heal.