Support Syd while recovering from Car Accident

It's Syd yall. To be honest, I am not a fan of begging or asking for help but in hard times, I do need my people.

These past couple months have not been the easiest. Since moving back home I have been struggling to not only find job placement but also my clientele. With trying to make ends meet, I have picked up jobs all over the city (Atlanta, Austell, Marietta, Douglasville). It has stretched me a little thin, but desperate times call for desperate measures.

On Friday Feb 7th, after leaving my tattoo job, I went to my previous lounge job in Douglasville, where I was asked to work that evening. After getting off work around 1am, I was driving home I-20 East when I saw I car across the interstate being pulled over. As I looked at my GPS to see how far I had to get home (Sandy Springs), and looked up, the car in front of me pressed their breaks completely almost causing me to hit them. I swerved to the left to avoid the collision and ended up crashing my car into a ramp. Busted out my driver window, airbags deployed, scraped up my entire driver side of my car. The car that short stopped me did not check on me, they just drove off. Surprisingly, my car was still driveable and while being in shock and not wanting to leave my car stranded, I continued to drive it home to a safe spot.

That Saturday I went the to doctor and got checked, I wasn't in much pain and still able to move my arms and body, so they gave me pain med and muscle relaxers. As of Tuesday Feb 11th, the pain only got worse and sent me into a shock which also gave me an anxiety attack. I then returned to Northside Hospital where I had CT scans and X-rays performed, then to find out that I have 2 neck fractures (C6 & L2) along with bruising and swelling to my Vertebral artery in my neck. I was then transported to Grady Hospital where as of today (Feb 13th) I have still yet to be cleared for release. They are monitoring my arteries for blood clots as this injury (according to the doctors and nurses) could've caused a stoke and would've been fatal. As of now my pain has made some progress but they just want to make sure the injury doesn't spread throughout my body.

I am very blessed to be here, regardless of any of my downfalls. This has been real tough to accept considering I was already dealing with so much to begin with. I will not let this defeat me but honestly between my car going down, my body taking a hit, and my finances being at a minimal, I realized I can't do this by myself and I could really use the support of my peers.

Again, I hate to even ask but I appreciate anyone who is able to do anything to help. I'm trying so hard to not let this put me into a negative headspace, I know God has me covered at the end of the day, I just need to get through this day. Thank you for everyone's concern and prayers. You have no idea how it's getting me through this time.