Support Bill Kelly's Heart Surgery Recovery

Saturday August 31st, 2024

Yesterday was the 9 week anniversary of my 2nd open heart surgery...I was informed bymy surgeon that this one would be tougher with a longer recovery time...and he wasn't lying...whew. I would have NEVER been able to get through this without all of the help I have been given by all of you with GoFundMe...THANK YOU...THANK YOU...THANK YOU again! I believe that I will try and get back to doing at least some...most (if possible) of the things I used to do before this surgery...by September 9th. Still have some pain and discomfort...but at this point I AM making progress every day...AgIn I feel very blessed that so many of you stepped up to help me...you ALL have touched my heart...

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Wednesday August 21. 2024

I would like to take a moment and sincerely THANK ALL of you that have made a donation to my cause...I do NOT know how I would have made through this without your support. Still trying to learn how everything works in this GoFundMe

account...was able to write Thank You notes to individuals early on...but cannot seem to figure out how to do that now.

I'm sorry...many of you have donated anonymously and there are names of donations that I do not know...But I hope you know that you ALL have touched my heart and have made my life so much easier than it could have ended up being. God Bless ALL of you...and when I get back to full strength and have the means...I will do my best to help others the way you have all helped me...

I still have a ways to go before I can get back to my full time life...I am hoping to be 100% back at it by September 9th...Again-Thank you so much!

This is a very hard thing for me to do...Most people that know me...know me as Bill Kelly...my real name is William Jackson...living in Lexington, Kentucky. I have recently found out that I must undergo a 2nd Open Heart Surgery on Friday June 28, 2024. I had the 1st one in 2006. I had been a full time entertainer until March of 2020 when the Pandemic hit. I was averaging 22-25 shows a month and being able to pay all my bills on a regular basis. I went from scheduling and performing that many shows every month to...ZERO in one day. Dang...I had to get a job...not the easiest thing to do during the Pandemic...and it was extremely difficult to find a job that paid me what I was making as an entertainer. I branched out and tried many other things to supplement an income that was not really beginning to cover all my monthly expenses. Finally settled on DoorDashing and have been doing pretty well at it over the past 3 years...along with my "regular" job at Kroger (who have been GREAT to me). Started entertaining again but had gotten so far behind at the beginning of the pandemic that I was only slowly making progress...and now...as I am finally seeing light at the end of the tunnel...this 2nd heart surgery is going to put me down for 2 months. Counting everything...my expenses come to about $4000/month...but I also have many other co-pays and expenses related to this actual surgery...Any help I could get from now until about the 2nd week of September would be greatly and humbly appreciated. I have participated in many other fundraisers for people...but never thought that I would be in this position...but I am hoping to get the help I need to get me through this situation...Thank you for your consideration...and God Bless!