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Help Manuel to support his family

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Please help support Manuel and his family in any way you can. On September 18, 2018 manuel was on his way to work at 4:30am like he did everyday to support his wife and 6 children when a drunk driver went into his lane hitting him head on causing him and his truck to get thrown into an orchard. It took the Fire Department and EMT 45min to get him out of his truck rushing him to the hospital were doctors and nurses fought to keep him alive after bringing him back 3x that morning having to use 32pints of blood just to save him and stabilize him for emergency surgery to just fix enough to keep him alive. After emergency surgery he was sent to the ICU he suffered a broken skull, brain bleed, broke 3 out of the 4 plates in his face along with his top pallet, shattered left shoulder, broken left arm in 2 places, broken femur that came out of his leg causing his left knee to shatter, and a degloved left foot.  Doctors in the ICU told His Wife and Children of all his injuries and that he was on life support and in a coma and that they weren't sure when he was going to wake up or if he would wake up at all. After 4-12hr surgery to repair all the broken bones from head to toe literally we all waited by his beside praying for him to wake up. After 2 weeks of been in a coma he finally woke up blind, on life support, mouth wired shit from all the trama to his face, and strapped down so he wouldnt move do to his injurys wondering what had happened to him he was able to write down what he wanted to say and ask us what happened amazing his doctors that he had no brain defects thank God. After months in the hospital and rehab he was finally able to come home again amazing his doctors on how well he was doing. 

Now He is blind and had to have his foot amputated below the knee do to the massive injury done to his foot along with a long road to still recovery he has ahead of him. 

My Dad Has always had that
" Can't Stop won't Stop " mentality and still does. He is determined to speak at DUI classes and talking to are youth about the consequences and aftermath of choosing to drink and drive so this dont happen to another family. 

We are asking for help to pay for day to day expenses and bills as well as finding a new home for our family do to a slum lord we are being evicted so please anything will help to prevent our family from being homeless and help my dad be able to make it to educate others on his tragedy and hopefully help someone else like he always has. 
Thank you all from the 
Russ Family
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  • Michael Hyman
    • $100 
    • 4 yrs
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Jillian Russ
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Modesto, CA

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