Urgent help needed to recover and maintain my home

Good day friends and souls of the universe alike.

I am so fortunate to have such great support, compassion, and care all around me during such a difficult time. However, I am facing a challenge that I will not be able to handle on my own.

I suffered a bad bike accident en route to my new job that I had just started 2 days prior. The commute was not completely familiar to me yet, and I found myself forced off a path I was not accustomed to due to quick moving traffic. Unfortunately, the path I had to veer down turned into steps that I could not prepare for. I tumbled hard down the steps where my left leg took most of the impact.

While I knew something was bad, I could not miss work so I tried to stand up and get back in the bike only to completely buckle and collapse. It was in this moment the dread swept over me, but the full extent of my reality could not yet be realized.

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As I lay there unable to move and screaming uncontrollably in agony, the thoughts that ran through my head were: "how am I going to take care of Domino?", "will my job understand?", "will I be able to walk out of the hospital today?".

I was fortunate to be in a major area where bystanders rushed to my aide. In American fashion, I pleaded for someone to take me to the hospital as opposed to calling for an ambulance. However, the concerned samartitans decided calling for help was best and I was rushed to the hospital by ambulance.

Upon arriving in the ER, I was quickly tended to and seen by a multitude of doctors to assess the damage. Through the excruciating pain, I did my best to cooperate and go through the motions. While there was some scrapes and bruises, I am fortunate to still have my consciousness and mobility - for the most part.

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Imaging has shown a bleak outlook for my left leg. A deeply fractured tibia in two places, and the fibula that has been pushed down and out of place. I remember my leg moving like one of those nasty football injuries you see when someone is down for awhile and has to be carted off the field, so the assessment made sense.

It was determined that I needed emergency surgery to put pins into my legs and rods to support the pins to keep motion to a minimum until a 2nd stage of surgery could be done.

Initially I was grateful for the pain pump where I could be injected with powerful pain killers as needed - but I quickly realized the longer I was on the pump - the longer I would be in here. I asked them to remove the pump from my room 2 days ago and will continue to do all I can to work towards a quick recovery. I have my best friend at home that I know is so confused, and I am so heartbroken not being able to take care of him. My mind also worries of how I can sustain our house and home in the coming months.

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I've been laying in a hospital room since the emergency surgery and as the pleasant bliss of the pain killers dissipates, the bleak reality of my situation has settled in.

I am in-between jobs so I am not insured. Rent and bills are due, which can mostly be covered with the final paycheck from the job I had just resigned from.

However, what am I going to do with these one to two weeks it takes just for surgery? My goal will be to demonstrate strength and ability to be released as fast as possible after the 2nd stage of surgery is completed later this week. However, I will not be able to commute back and forth to the new job - if I even still have it by the time I am released. The job does not offer remote work, but I only just started an am in training as it is. I know that HR is aware of everything I have shared with my boss this far.

They are saying that I will need rehab to learn how to move the leg again and will need pain management. This is unknown territory for me and no answers to my questions have been quite clear. However, injuries like this are often season ending - so I wonder what that means for me on a timeline of recovery.

All said, I need your help. I absolutely can not do this without the help of other connections that can reach me. I am at risk of losing my home, finding a way to eat, and take care of my pup - let alone figuring out how to pay for the expenses it will take to get me through this hospitalization.

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My focus right now is just in sustaining my life outside of here until I can get back on my feet, no pun intended.

All I ask is for help in ensuring that I can float another month of life costs until I can work towards being self sustainable again.

I value your time, compassion, and support. Any and every dollar that can be shared will undoubtedly shape the continuity and sustainability of my well-being. Your generosity is graciously requested, and I extend my deep gratitude that is beyond words.

Thank you, my friend.

With love,

Brandon