Help Single Disabled Mother with Living Expenses

Alright, this is my hail mary. If you don’t know me personally, I was raised in Kahaluu, Kaneohe and Kailua nearly my whole childhood and young adulthood. My child was born at Castle Hospital in '09 and years earlier I graduated from Le Jardin Academy. Like most of us, had to move because $$.

Now, I am a local single mother in Truckee, CA. My child has been in this school system nearly her entire school career. We love and thrive in this little town. Now, it's all threatened and I am scared. I have never done anything like this before, but times are so dire I don’t know what else to do as a single, disabled local mother.

As many of you know, I had an accident last year in May on my way back home from Hawaii. I assumed it was a bad sprained ankle and possibly some broken bones in my foot. (MRI revealed ankle broke in 2 places, broken toe, broken cuboid OWW) I spent the next year in and out of physical therapy and was completely unable to work. Unable to stand. Unable to walk. Unable to sit. After I started experiencing other symptoms, my doctors diagnosed me with an incredibly rare condition. I have CRPS or Chronic Regional Pain Syndrome, or formally known as RSD, Reflex Sympathetic Disorder. It is considered to be “The Suicide Disease” and one of the most (of not the most) painful, disabling condtion known to man. It is also incredibly hard to treat without extreme measures (spinal surgery and/or constant opiates).

I was able to file for a short term disability for the time following my injury to continue PT and constant doctor appointments. If you or anyone you know has been on disability, you know it's an exhausting, awful process that can leave people in debt for months until they process your paperwork. I have been waiting since June 2024 for my paperwork to be processed. I have been served “Pay or Quit” notice, as I am nearly $4,000 late on rent.

I have undergone two spinal surgeries this summer, implanting a device to send electricity to my foot and ankle to help with the pain. The electrical leads pulled out of my spinal cord after my first surgery despite following all post surgery protocol. I then had a second revision surgery. I am nearly over a million dollars into surgeries at this point and my personal medical bills are in the range of hundreds of thousands of dollars.

I am drowning in debt as a single mother. I physically am not allowed to bend, twist, lift, push, pull etc. I was in the ER for pain control a few nights ago and an x-ray revealed I am AGAIN, millimeters away from another spinal surgery and another twelve + weeks of ZERO activity until my body accepts and scars over the devices. I have needed assistance in the house, so my partner hasn’t been able to work as much over the last few months either.

If you know me, you know I have always been a hard worker. I can’t wait to get back into the workforce and back into my community. I can’t do that until I can let my spine heal, and getting caught up on so many bills. If you can’t donate, please share in awareness as we are desperate.

If you’d rather not pay though gofundme, my

venmo is @amanda_boutwell