Donna's medical
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We are asking for your help. I never in my life would think we would need to do this.
But a number of years back my wife had a surgery, in which the surgeon accidentally cut into her Vagus nerve during a esophagus surgery, which paralyzed her stomach. She had almost died from it at that time. She now gets nauseas at anytime, all the time for no reason at all. She has gone through hell and pain since. She was in the hospital 3 weeks out of every month, having a morphine drip or dalodin injections every 2 hours. They put in a feeding tube, which was only suppose to be fore 6-8 weeks, it's been years now. She uses the feeding tube everyday, which causes her to be nauseas to use half the time. She eats when she can not use the feeding tube. After about a 3 1/2 years, she was able to have a experimental stomach pacer implanted into her stomach to make it work again, it's just like a heart pacemaker, it works her stomach to help digest her food, instead of just sitting in her stomach rotting. It has helped with about 2/3 of her nauseas spells. But she still get spells where it gets to the point that she can not stop vomiting, and her blood pressure get to high. She then has to spend about 4 days in the hospital, to get it back under control again. She now go's into the hospital once a month, every month, because we can't buy the meds she needs, all the time. She has to take a pill that makes her hungry, or she'll go days without eating, and not realize it.
One of her hospitals is 140+ miles away. We were going there 1-2 times a week. It's the only hospital in any of the surrounding states that does that surgery. They have now stopped installing, and adjusting the pacer, which she has to have done every 5-6 months. She is coming up to where they are going to need to replace the batteries in it, which is another surgery to do. The only doctor that did the surgery in the surrounding states, quit, and moved. So she is out in the cold. We are looking at having to go out of state, some where for about a week to have it done. We now, between the both of us go to a doctor 2-5 times a week 25 & 50 miles away from us, besides her one that is 140+ which adds up in gas bill alone. We pack our lunch & drinks to take along with us. We don't spend any money we don't have to, we can't.
Her insurance will only pay for 5 of her meds a month, plus 2 free blood pressure, she takes 12 in all. The one med that she needs the most, that keeps her from going in the hospital so often, they will only pay for 9 pills a month now. They use to pay for 60 a month, which is only 17 days worth. She is prescribed one pill every 4-8 hours, when she has spells. Her spells last a few days at least. She has to do without them, or we pay for them ourselves, which we have done for the last 3 years. 10 pills now cost $42.00 with a discount card, which is 2 days worth, plus the other 4 pills they won't pay for. We have, and her doctor has called, and filled out many papers to get them to pay for 10 meds, but they refuse to. We have sold most all of our things, plus things we spent years collecting, to pay for her meds. She comes first over bills, or anything. We don't have the things to sell any more.
She was down to 78 pounds, but after, much work, and pain, with help from her doctor, and I, and many prayers, she is up to low 90's pounds. She was just hit with the fact she has a oxygen problem, and is now on oxygen, all the time. They are testing her to find out why. They thought it was COPD, but it turns out not to be. Which is good, but they don't know what it is from yet. It was a step back, but she will not give up, sometimes it's really hard for her, with always being in pain, and sick. But I keep trying to keep her on the bright side of things, even if there's not a bright side some days. We will not give up hope, she fights it, and is now showing that things are getting better, and she is getting stronger but it's still a long road ahead back, and there is a road back. But with not getting all her needed meds, it is holding her back from getting better. Every time she gets sick, she loses weight, which then she has to work hard at trying to get it back.
We live on a small fixed income. I am on social security. I have not been able work, or they will take her medical insurance away. She is on disability, and it gets her $11.00 a month, and her insurance, which is the most important thing we have, Other then each other. There has been times we had to skip a month, or even sell some of our things to get her the needed meds, or pay a bill, because we use our money to get her meds.
I have been trying to get the county to give me a part time job, so that we can get, and stay above water. I ask them for any kind of work. They now, finally will only allow me to only be able to make a small amount a month, which will be good enough, if I can even find work around here. We live 25 miles from the nearest real town, which is a small town that would have any work at all, 42 miles from a bigger town. But until that day comes, we need your help to give my wife days without being sick, and for her to keep on getting better, or slipping back, to non return. and to keep our house. It has only till now, that I could be able to leave her alone. I've had to take care of her around the clock, to change her bandages, or to run her to the ER. We had spent more time in the ER, every hour around the clock, at a drop of the hat, then I could ever thought someone could.
It's really sad to see what she is, and has gone through, it's hard on my heart to watch everything she has been going through, what she has to do, everyday. We refuse to give up, I will not let her give up. Her life was almost taken away from her. She has medically died 4 times, 3 times while in the hospital, and once at home. Twice they did not think they could get her back. But she refused to go, and fought, and came back to life. That part is hopefully behind us now. As long as she gets her meds, and pacer adjusted.
She is my best friend, my right arm. If you see one of us, you'll see both of us, we do everything together. She has way to much time in this world to live yet.
She needs her meds, and there is not a thing we can do about it. We are forced to ask for your help, insurance has been getting less & less helpful for her, as they keep changing their coverage. It's really a hard thing for us to do. I don't like, and have not let people know about our problem. We have always taken care of things ourselves. But we have no choice anymore.
We need your help, so that we buy her meds, and pay our taxes. So that she can continue to get better, and so that we can keep our house.
I Thank you very much, for what ever you can do to help us. If you can't donate anything, please say a prayer for her, I do all the time, everyday. Every little bit helps.
I never thought that we would ever be asking anyone this.
Thank you, Pat & Donna.
But a number of years back my wife had a surgery, in which the surgeon accidentally cut into her Vagus nerve during a esophagus surgery, which paralyzed her stomach. She had almost died from it at that time. She now gets nauseas at anytime, all the time for no reason at all. She has gone through hell and pain since. She was in the hospital 3 weeks out of every month, having a morphine drip or dalodin injections every 2 hours. They put in a feeding tube, which was only suppose to be fore 6-8 weeks, it's been years now. She uses the feeding tube everyday, which causes her to be nauseas to use half the time. She eats when she can not use the feeding tube. After about a 3 1/2 years, she was able to have a experimental stomach pacer implanted into her stomach to make it work again, it's just like a heart pacemaker, it works her stomach to help digest her food, instead of just sitting in her stomach rotting. It has helped with about 2/3 of her nauseas spells. But she still get spells where it gets to the point that she can not stop vomiting, and her blood pressure get to high. She then has to spend about 4 days in the hospital, to get it back under control again. She now go's into the hospital once a month, every month, because we can't buy the meds she needs, all the time. She has to take a pill that makes her hungry, or she'll go days without eating, and not realize it.
One of her hospitals is 140+ miles away. We were going there 1-2 times a week. It's the only hospital in any of the surrounding states that does that surgery. They have now stopped installing, and adjusting the pacer, which she has to have done every 5-6 months. She is coming up to where they are going to need to replace the batteries in it, which is another surgery to do. The only doctor that did the surgery in the surrounding states, quit, and moved. So she is out in the cold. We are looking at having to go out of state, some where for about a week to have it done. We now, between the both of us go to a doctor 2-5 times a week 25 & 50 miles away from us, besides her one that is 140+ which adds up in gas bill alone. We pack our lunch & drinks to take along with us. We don't spend any money we don't have to, we can't.
Her insurance will only pay for 5 of her meds a month, plus 2 free blood pressure, she takes 12 in all. The one med that she needs the most, that keeps her from going in the hospital so often, they will only pay for 9 pills a month now. They use to pay for 60 a month, which is only 17 days worth. She is prescribed one pill every 4-8 hours, when she has spells. Her spells last a few days at least. She has to do without them, or we pay for them ourselves, which we have done for the last 3 years. 10 pills now cost $42.00 with a discount card, which is 2 days worth, plus the other 4 pills they won't pay for. We have, and her doctor has called, and filled out many papers to get them to pay for 10 meds, but they refuse to. We have sold most all of our things, plus things we spent years collecting, to pay for her meds. She comes first over bills, or anything. We don't have the things to sell any more.
She was down to 78 pounds, but after, much work, and pain, with help from her doctor, and I, and many prayers, she is up to low 90's pounds. She was just hit with the fact she has a oxygen problem, and is now on oxygen, all the time. They are testing her to find out why. They thought it was COPD, but it turns out not to be. Which is good, but they don't know what it is from yet. It was a step back, but she will not give up, sometimes it's really hard for her, with always being in pain, and sick. But I keep trying to keep her on the bright side of things, even if there's not a bright side some days. We will not give up hope, she fights it, and is now showing that things are getting better, and she is getting stronger but it's still a long road ahead back, and there is a road back. But with not getting all her needed meds, it is holding her back from getting better. Every time she gets sick, she loses weight, which then she has to work hard at trying to get it back.
We live on a small fixed income. I am on social security. I have not been able work, or they will take her medical insurance away. She is on disability, and it gets her $11.00 a month, and her insurance, which is the most important thing we have, Other then each other. There has been times we had to skip a month, or even sell some of our things to get her the needed meds, or pay a bill, because we use our money to get her meds.
I have been trying to get the county to give me a part time job, so that we can get, and stay above water. I ask them for any kind of work. They now, finally will only allow me to only be able to make a small amount a month, which will be good enough, if I can even find work around here. We live 25 miles from the nearest real town, which is a small town that would have any work at all, 42 miles from a bigger town. But until that day comes, we need your help to give my wife days without being sick, and for her to keep on getting better, or slipping back, to non return. and to keep our house. It has only till now, that I could be able to leave her alone. I've had to take care of her around the clock, to change her bandages, or to run her to the ER. We had spent more time in the ER, every hour around the clock, at a drop of the hat, then I could ever thought someone could.
It's really sad to see what she is, and has gone through, it's hard on my heart to watch everything she has been going through, what she has to do, everyday. We refuse to give up, I will not let her give up. Her life was almost taken away from her. She has medically died 4 times, 3 times while in the hospital, and once at home. Twice they did not think they could get her back. But she refused to go, and fought, and came back to life. That part is hopefully behind us now. As long as she gets her meds, and pacer adjusted.
She is my best friend, my right arm. If you see one of us, you'll see both of us, we do everything together. She has way to much time in this world to live yet.
She needs her meds, and there is not a thing we can do about it. We are forced to ask for your help, insurance has been getting less & less helpful for her, as they keep changing their coverage. It's really a hard thing for us to do. I don't like, and have not let people know about our problem. We have always taken care of things ourselves. But we have no choice anymore.
We need your help, so that we buy her meds, and pay our taxes. So that she can continue to get better, and so that we can keep our house.
I Thank you very much, for what ever you can do to help us. If you can't donate anything, please say a prayer for her, I do all the time, everyday. Every little bit helps.
I never thought that we would ever be asking anyone this.
Thank you, Pat & Donna.
Organizer and beneficiary
Donna Clark
Organizer
Adkins Mill, TN
Pat Clark
Beneficiary
