Support Ben Fox's Brain Injury Recovery

On Sunday June 2nd, Ben Fox was taken to the hospital in an ambulance with a severe head injury. At first it seemed like he had fallen and hit his head, broke his nose, lost a tooth, but all in all would be okay. His second CT scan came back after 12 hours in the hospital and showed a severe brain bleed. From here on out, the Fox family's lives have been turned upside down.

Ben underwent emergency surgery that Sunday where they removed part of his skull to help relieve the swelling that was happening in his brain. The doctors said that it may be weeks before they are able to put his skull back in place. He has a severe bleed on the left side of his brain. This part of the brain dictates speech and movement.

Ben was sedated and intubated and spent several days in the ICU. He is currently out of the ICU but still staying at the hospital for an undetermined amount of time. He's been able to do limited movements, and his first words were spoken yesterday (6/9) to his son Remi, saying "I love you too". He is not conversational. It is expected that he will need months of rehab/physical therapy to learn how to move his body and talk again. From what we've learned so far, brain injuries are extremely hard to predict as far as recovery goes and what the future will look like. There's so much we don't know yet, will he make a full recovery? Will his memory be affected? Dr's have told Victoria that it may be months before they get an official prognosis.

In the midst of all of this, Victoria was in the middle of a job change and Ben will be losing health insurance. Victoria will also have to return to work 6/17. Ben bartended two nights a week and was a stay at home dad the rest of the time, to their 4 year old son Remi.

Their needs are as follows:

All proceeds will go directly to Ben and Victoria Fox as they adjust to this new life. Cost feels very intangible right now, and anything you can share would be greatly appreciated. I will be posting updates here as we learn more, and may adjust the financial goal depending on how things develop.

Thank you and much love,

Christina