Car Accident Victim
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On April 3rd, 2017 Shannon Hamby was driving to work, in the rain. As she turned onto the ramp from I20 to I75, her car hydroplaned, ejecting her 30ft in the air. Her car was crushed, if she hadn’t been ejected, she would have been crushed too. Shannon had her daughters clothes in the car, and a few other things like toys, blankets, etc. all of which was rained on, and moldy by the time Shannon would get access to it.
Shannon was rushed to Grady immediately, where doctors found out she had completely shattered her L1 vertebrae, the tiny pieces had them stabbed and shredded parts of her spinal cord. Shannon was heavily medicated and sedated for her surgery, where they spent 10 long hours trying to stabilize her and trying to fuse (still fusing) her T11, T12, L1, L2, and L3 bones together using screws, and rods. She has to grow bone for it to fuse, rods were placed to keep them from collapsing. After her surgery, during her stay in ICU, she was told she had been pregnant at the time of the accident, the baby hadn’t been removed during the first surgery, and would be removed a week later. She had no idea she was carrying another life inside her, and it was taken away before she could find out.
Shannon then went on to The Shepherd Center where she spent 30 days in Trauma, and some time doing physical therapy, practicing driving with a hand operated steering wheel, gas pedal, and brake pedal, to prepare her for what was to come.
Shannon couldn’t imagine sitting behind the wheel again. Not after her accident. Not how it had left her. Shannon lives with her boyfriend, her daughter, Sasha (2) and spends time with her boyfriends child on the odd weekend. She was going to her doctor visits, doing her PT, had gotten a wheel chair, and a walker, and was starting to look up... Until her mother decided to cancel her medical insurance.
Shannon had no job, no insurance, no backup plans. She had battled so hard to get her daughters checks, and her own, to stabilize, get her food stamps to a decent amount, and stabilize herself emotionally, all to have the most critical part of her recovery, ripped away. Her own medical bills reached $500,000.
Shannon is now on Medicaid, who wants to charge her $1,000/month for her catheters so she can use the bathroom by herself.
Shannon can’t afford such an outrageous cost for something so important in her daily function. Shannon has to see a urologist for the rest of her life to make sure everything is still working right.
Shannon needs your help. She needs options, money, insurance, prayers, everything. Any penny you can spare, will help.
Thank you, God Bless.
Shannon was rushed to Grady immediately, where doctors found out she had completely shattered her L1 vertebrae, the tiny pieces had them stabbed and shredded parts of her spinal cord. Shannon was heavily medicated and sedated for her surgery, where they spent 10 long hours trying to stabilize her and trying to fuse (still fusing) her T11, T12, L1, L2, and L3 bones together using screws, and rods. She has to grow bone for it to fuse, rods were placed to keep them from collapsing. After her surgery, during her stay in ICU, she was told she had been pregnant at the time of the accident, the baby hadn’t been removed during the first surgery, and would be removed a week later. She had no idea she was carrying another life inside her, and it was taken away before she could find out.
Shannon then went on to The Shepherd Center where she spent 30 days in Trauma, and some time doing physical therapy, practicing driving with a hand operated steering wheel, gas pedal, and brake pedal, to prepare her for what was to come.
Shannon couldn’t imagine sitting behind the wheel again. Not after her accident. Not how it had left her. Shannon lives with her boyfriend, her daughter, Sasha (2) and spends time with her boyfriends child on the odd weekend. She was going to her doctor visits, doing her PT, had gotten a wheel chair, and a walker, and was starting to look up... Until her mother decided to cancel her medical insurance.
Shannon had no job, no insurance, no backup plans. She had battled so hard to get her daughters checks, and her own, to stabilize, get her food stamps to a decent amount, and stabilize herself emotionally, all to have the most critical part of her recovery, ripped away. Her own medical bills reached $500,000.
Shannon is now on Medicaid, who wants to charge her $1,000/month for her catheters so she can use the bathroom by herself.
Shannon can’t afford such an outrageous cost for something so important in her daily function. Shannon has to see a urologist for the rest of her life to make sure everything is still working right.
Shannon needs your help. She needs options, money, insurance, prayers, everything. Any penny you can spare, will help.
Thank you, God Bless.
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Shannon Hamby
Organizer
McDonough, GA
