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Update as of Thursday, June 24th.
I had to have an emergency appendectomy and was only supposed to be out 8-10 days. But the doctor cut an artery while he was in there. It took them a very long time to stop me from bleeding out. The new pictures below come to find out it started off as laparoscopic ended up with major incisions due to them having to stop me from bleeding out, so the doctor said that the length of my cuts are the length of those bandages and I’m stapled shut. And due to this infraction, I now have to be off from work for four weeks. Any support will truly help right now. Thank you.
My name is Ja’Lena. I broke my foot going to see a friend literally in the parking lot of the hospital. I currently have a cast on and my job told me I could return to work using the knee scooter. Well after three days I returned to work. And worked for three days. The higher ups in the company said I had to be sent home until I get a proper medical accommodation thru corporate. I have a doctors note saying I can use the scooter with the restrictions notated. Well over two days there were multiple phone calls back and forth and a case was submitted. By them allowing me to go back to work that made me ineligible for short term disability. You must be off 7 consecutive days in a row. Corporate even said in their own words “you were screwed bad”. I need help with the next three doctors visits, cast removal and the orthopedic is having me order a boot off of Amazon. Anything will help out here. This is causing a multitude of stress and I won’t be able to afford my rent for May. Your generosity is greatly appreciated.
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Ja'Lena Jennifer Catalano
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Birmingham, AL