<div>Hello friends near and far! This here is me starting to wrap my head around my reality for the next many weeks and to ask for help.
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<div><strong>I broke my ankle over a week ago* and had surgery a few days ago.</strong> I am on crutches and the injured leg is non-weight bearing for now.
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<div><strong>I am my only source of income and I will not have an income for a couple of months.</strong> Neither from my off-stead job or even my homestead job, both of which require the use of two legs. And, fun fact, there aren't any social services to help people in acute situations like the one I have found myself in.
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<div><strong>Any money I receive will go directly to paying my bills. My mortgage, electricity, car insurance, physical therapy, hospital bills, pet food, me food, etc. Summer is my biggest income earning time and I just hope to make ends meet!</strong>
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<div>I wish I didn't have to set up a GoFundMe and I have found myself in a pickle. A few folks urged me to set it up so that they could help and, well, I do need help. Please only donate if you are really able!
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<div>*Are you wondering how I broke my ankle? Be prepared for a very lackluster story.
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<div>I was walking Mustard on the class 4 road behind my house. There are two giant puddles that take up the entire trail so I have to walk along the edge, which is covered in plants. The edge has a small drop off from the years of erosion. It was actively raining and the saturated edge crumbled beneath my left foot. The speed and surprise with which I fell pitched my body to the right.
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<div>I immediately felt and heard the pop and everything was starry for a minute. As soon as I got my senses back, I called my friend who lives just down the road because I knew I wouldn't be walking out of there alone.
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<div>Her and her husband wheeled my broken and soaked self out in my garden cart. I am very thankful I had my phone on me and thankful to have great people in my life.
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