Spencer Needs Our Help

Over the past 7 months, Spencer has been suffering from an unknown illness.  Doctors in Massachusetts Hospitals including Baystate, Mercy, and Massachusetts General have been unable to successfully diagnose or treat his symptoms. He has spent the past week at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, MN where doctors are still perplexed. The closest thing to a diagnosis is that Spencer's e-coli infection from December of last year has left his nervous system in over drive.

Spencer's unknown illness prompts episodes of elevated heart rate (almost 200 beats per minutes at times), inability to breath, and muscle failure due to lactic acid build up. Multiple times he has collapsed simply trying to walk from the car to the house and had to be taken to the emergency room. In addition to this, his symptoms now include mental confusion and the inability to walk more than just a short distance.

Spencer is unable to work during this time and as a result has lost his health insurance. He cannot be added to my parent's insurance as he is over the age of 26.  While he does have insurance through the state of Massachusetts, this insurance does not cover out of state costs at specialty hospitals such as the Mayo Clinic where he is now.

The Mayo Clinic has recommended that Spencer receive treatment  focused on resetting his entire nervous system.  This includes physical and occupational therapy, and even cognitive behavior adjustments. The bulk of the funds raised here will go to funding the related costs for this program. Unfortunately this program costs around $50,000 in addition to the 10's of thousand my parents have already spent .Unfortunately, my family simply does not have this amount of money to spare at this time.

We are asking for your help. Any amount will help and be greatly appreciated. Let's help Spencer get back on his feet and on the pathway to a normal life.

Cheers,
Matt