<div>Hi, my name's Josie.


</div>


<div><br />


</div>


<div>I want you all to get to know my dad a little and hear his story.


</div>


<div><br />


</div>


<div>If you know my sister or me, this will not come as a surprise to you - <strong>He is our best friend</strong>.


</div>


<div>Our dad is the sweetest, kindest, most loving, tattooed, motorcycle and dump truck lovin' kinda man. Our dad is the best man we know. The best papa to his 3-year-old granddaughter - with another sweet granddaughter on the way.


</div>


<div><br />


</div>


<div><strong>In March of this year, our dad had several strokes.</strong>


</div>


<div><br />


</div>


<div>He is only 50 years old. He had several strokes while he was working, just trying to get by. For as long as I've been on this earth, my dad has been self-employed. He is the most hardworking person I know, with <em>very</em> <em>large</em> dreams.


</div>


<div><br />


</div>


<div>My dad also suffers from diabetes and high blood pressure. He thought he was just having a couple of “off” days with his diabetes. He did hard manual labor, so he just thought his sugars were messing with him. Until he tried to get out of bed in the morning and couldn't catch himself as he went down. <strong>He had complete loss of his entire left side.</strong>


</div>


<div><br />


</div>


<div><br />


</div>


<div>6 weeks we spent in the hospital and a rehabilitation center. 6 long weeks of watching our dad try to learn how to eat, talk, sit up on his own, etc. <em>6 long weeks of facing our biggest fear</em> - that something was wrong with our dad. You never know pain exists this way until you see your superhero work hard for his cape back. GOD WILLING, he is still here with us today.


</div>


<div><br />


</div>


<div>He has seen almost every doctor you can think of. Rehabilitation doesn't end the day you leave. You have to work long and hard at it. My dad was doing so much better. He has learned how to do most things again - with his new normal. He still has only about 70% mobility in his left leg and now about 20% mobility in his left arm. Unfortunately, he has recently suffered a severe fall at a restaurant. After several tests, he additionally has several torn ligaments in his left shoulder, bone spurs, and severe pain - all while trying to recover from his strokes. This fall has pushed his recovery back so much, as he now can't use his left arm at all. He can't use his left hand at all. He is unable to do any type of physical therapy with his left side because the pain is just unbearable. He will need surgery.


</div>


<div><br />


</div>


<div><br />


</div>


<div>With all of that being said, I hope you know my dad a little more and are still with me.


</div>


<div><br />


</div>


<div>While navigating through his new normal, <strong>my dad isn't able to work</strong>. His insurance doesn't cover outpatient therapy/rehab. His bills are slipping by. He is in so much pain. He <strong>wants</strong> to recover. He <strong>wants</strong> to work. He <strong>wants</strong> to be able to walk through the grocery store. He <strong>wants</strong> to be able to hold his new grandbaby - with both arms. He is <strong>not</strong> giving up.


</div>


<div><br />


</div>


<div>My hope is for our community, family, friends, and complete strangers to come together to lift this man up. Our prayers have gotten us this far.


</div>


<div><em>(Apparently …</em> Ameren doesn't accept prayers as payment.)


</div>


<div><br />


</div>


<div><br />


</div>


<div><strong>If you have it in your heart - we would so greatly appreciate any help to get my dad back on his feet.</strong>


</div>


<div><br />


</div>


<div><strong>We would so greatly appreciate any help with his bills, medical bills, and rehabilitation support.</strong> Waking up with a hope and a dream isn't enough - but he still does it every day.


</div>


<div><br />


</div>


<div>Thank you for listening and God Bless!


</div>

Shawn Hunter

Anonymous

Jessica Sutherland

Nathen Reed

Christina Moran

Elizabeth Savens

Jaclyn Allison

Jennifer Iverson

Carol Dougherty

Casie Pope

mad green

Lisa Brennan

Ryan Craft

Mirissa Tuttle

Alexandra Ham

Megan Rice

Stroke Recovery - The Rad Dad

platform

Platform is iOS

Android

Adyen Google Pay Development Audience

$opt_dummy_attribute

English only

Deprecate Stripe Legacy

dyn_template_ids

Adyen V6 Bene Transfer & MyMoney Campaign Organizers - test01

Bene transfer V6 and AdyenV6MyMoney Campaign Organizers - production

OneTrust next-app audience

fundCountryCode

NextDoor Share Option Users

Fundraisers with Reactions feature capability

fundCurrencyCode

US + Non-charity COs Only

locale

fund country is US and user language is English

personId

comms-internal-person-ids

Enhanced Story Experience Users

Suggested Goal Experience Users

user language is English and fund country: US, AU, DK, FI, IE, NO, SE, CA, GB; 

Poster share - new funds eligible (newest 9/18)

Streaming widgets beta user

paymentProcessor

3DS payment method

user language is English and fundCountry: US, AU, DK, FI, IE, NO, SE, CA, GB; 

GoFundMe Employees

ipAddress

Mark Rieth IP Address

Version 9.2.0 and above

Fund is in English speaking country

desktop

Android v12.11.0 and above

Platform is Android

paymentMethodType

checkoutType

Payment method type group to be vaulted on success

admin pr kit prod

EUR Donation Upsell

Share Text generation Skip Fundraiser

(prod) new funds eligible for amp12 (UGC gallery)

fintrac_cad_idv_form_v2 audience

paymentProcessorAccountId

fallback mode accounts

proCampaignId

p2p legacy startfundraising page

AMP24 New Funds Only PROD (DO NOT MODIFY)

countryCode

charityId

UKCharities

Federated Search Internal Testing

route.pathname community

US Donation Upsell audience 

Auto Thanks Feature Audience

Supporter Comments Eligible Funds

International Only

fundId

braze fundraiser group 

Payment Identity Transfers ATO Risk Check (Targeted) - Production

Fundraiser Saved Payment Method Rate Limit Bypass (Production)

leaderboard-partner-id-audience-givepanel

Version 9.2.1 and above

AUD Donation Upsell audience

fundraiserCountryCode is US/EN

Active Fundraiser - Smart Default Cadence

DAF Internal

Vault on success card payment method

Platform is iOS v11.0.0 and above

Desktop users

Person ids

United States (US) users

allow yuno fundraisers for test

Mexico country code

Posters INTL

NPO Profile Opted-In

iOS at or above 12.4.0

non-US recurring donors

Canada Campaign Owner Group

Fundraiser Without Meta Link

Scheduler payment tester gorup

charityCommunityId

Charities allow to be claimed unclaimed (PRD)

Canada (CA) users

currencyCode

UC Tipping v20250115 International

pymk_production_xplr_fe_team

Android at or above 12.2.0

Profile photo entry point audience

smart goals (fundraiser/manage) on test01

Activity Tracking v1 Beta Testing

writePath

Stream Notification

start gfm intl allowed locales

Platform is iOS v11.2.0 and above

unclaimed charities

prod_ach_audience

AI Chatbot Audience

amp13 only new funds (prod) (anyword auto)

UC Flow Enabled (Prod)

Payment Identity Beneficiary Verification - Production

shared notification bell audience

Custom users

ach frontend audience

Android v11.0.0 and above

Users Receiving Payments Paused Notifications

smart goals test01

Manage Coach - US English Organizers Only + new funds only

Team EGG - IP Address list

Fundraiser Without Instagram Deep Link

Native 11.4.0 and above

UC Tipping v20250107

Users Receiving Braze KYC Validation Failed

Native 11.3.0 and above

Influencer - Prod

US fundraisers and US users

ai_title_page

anyword

openai

control

manual_entry

userEmail

template_id

userId

fundUrl

isCharityCo

email

appVersion

shouldBucketIntoExperiment

partnerId

donationCadence

isActiveFundraiser

isPartner

isMobile

npoProfileOptIn

fundIsLinkedWithMeta

hasSessionDonation

isCampaignOwner

fundHasInstagramDeepLink

Native 11.4.0 and higher

New funds eligible - Video Sharing (PROD)

GB Donation Upsell audience 

Auto Thanks V3 Rollout Audience

Thank you V3 testing whitelist

isRecurringFriendly

Is Recurring Friendly

Excluded funds - Video Sharing

Logged In Users

CH Donation Upsell audience

Android v10.6.0 and above

userCurrencyCode

Localized Currency

v11.5.0 and above

testAudience

pathname

Survicate

appVersion is at or above 12.8.0

Non-charity fund

isChallengeFundraiser

challenge-fundraisers

Payment Identity Launch Verification - Production

New funds eligible - Posters v2

CAD Donation Upsell Audience

Braze Email Tester

NPO Profile Opted-Out

iOS App Version

hasKnownDonors

PYMK has donors

iOS v12.3.0 and above

Stroke Recovery - The Rad Dad

Still $2,417 to go. Help us build momentum.