Support for Bollinger Family's Recovery Journey

Hi My name is Michelle Hughes. My husband Fred and I are best friends with the most wonderful family on the face of the earth Michele, Jim, Bo, Luke and Jesse Bollinger. For those of you that know them and for those of you that do not, on April 9th, Michele, Bo and Luke were in a horrific accident. (See below for Background Information).

I am raising these funds because this family has been such a pillar of support in the Groveland and Clermont communities for so many people for so many years and they are in need of financial support due to this accident. At the current time Bo and Michele are both home and are going through their physical and mental recovery process, which is painful and exhausting. Add on top of all that the worry of the financial strain all of this has caused for the family. They are now without a valuable vehicle which was Michele's. They have to depend on family and friends to try to get to the many doctor's appointments that are needed and to do the daily errands.

Their auto and medical insurance have put up many road blocks already denying covering for Michele's medical costs as well as any money for rental coverage and to total out the vehicle. This family is in need of any financial support that you can give.

BACKGROUND INFORMATION

Driving home late after Jesse's goat sale at the fair, Michele, Bo & Luke were in a terrible single car accident that landed them head on into trees. Luke fortunately had minor injuries he's recovering from and will be ok. But Bo was unconscious with severe head injuries and airlifted to Arnold Palmer Hospital in Orlando. Shortly after, Michele was also airlifted to Orlando Regional Medical Center with concern of a punctured lung and broken clavicle.

By the grace of God, Michele ended up with no broken bones or punctured lung, only a couple abrasions and severe seatbelt ring and deep bruising from the airbags. She remained hospitalized to monitor any potential internal injuries and bleeding and was released Thursday April 11th.

But poor Bo was the worst. He was severely injured and unresponsive for the first 24 hours. He was in the PICU until Thursday evening and since then remained with the trauma unit at APH. Bo has fractures in his neck and back- C1, T1, T7, a fractured skull, and cheek bone. He also had plastic surgery to repair all the facial lacerations. His right eye is golf ball size & swollen shut and his left eye also became bruised and swollen shut. He also has a brain injury and bleed that is stable.