Scotty needs your help!

I am raising funds for my son Scott Patrick age 37. Scott is an amazing man, father, brother, grandson, uncle, colleague and friend.

Scott was injured 5 weeks ago while riding a roller coaster at a local popular amusement park. The ride twists and turns erratically pulling powerful Gs strong enough to cause a major artery in his neck tear a layer of the artery allowing blood to leak and clot. He knew he was sick after he rode the coaster but did not know that he’d torn the major artery at the back of his neck that supplies blood to his brain. On Tuesday 9/12 Scott experienced a significant stroke from a blood cloth thrown from the leaking artery and is very sick. We learned that he had two milder strokes two weeks earlier from the same leaking artery but didn’t know this because the harsh symptoms passed quickly. Scott is in the hospital in a great deal of pain and is worried about his health, the future, his work, caring for his children and paying his medical expenses. The cost of his hospital care is astronomical and his aftercare will also be costly with physical therapy, occupational therapy and possible concussion therapy. He needs to adjust his work life and will loose wages needed to support himself and his children.

Please pray for Scott’s healing and if you can give any amount of money please do. Your gifts are greatly appreciated. It’s embarrassing to ask for help but without this option the accident and everything around it will be that much worse. Thank you for paying it forward, nobody ever thinks things like this can happen to young, strong, healthy, and smart people but it did. ❤️.

Public service announcement: please be respectful of roller coasters. They can be more dangerous than we think and we are influenced by the idea that everyone is doing it.