Justin's Medical Bills/Family Help
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I am trying to help raise money for this awesome family. Ashley is pregnant with their 3rd child who is due at the end of May, and Justin is having a lot of issues with his heart and was recently transferred to Indianapolis to St Vincent's. Ashley is currently the only one working and having her own problems with the pregnancy. The baby has been trying to come early for about 2 months now. With everything that is going on with Justin they are struggling. Please if you can help with anything even if it's only $5 everything will add up and help them one way or another.
Here's a more detailed description of everything going on from Ashley herself:
"Justin had a heart attack back in July 2014. His heart has been in very poor condition since. He had a pacemaker/defibrillator implanted in October 2014.
In February of this year, his defibrillator fired for the first time. Meaning his heart rate reached 260+ and his pacemaker failed to pace it back down. He was home alone with our 2 young children as I was at work. Not even a week later it fired for a second time. Ever since he has been having multiple episodes a day where his heart rate elevates to the point his device almost fires. It has greatly decreased his ability to do much of anything. He has a VERY hard time playing with our 4yr old daughter and 2yr old son, walking is a chore, he's constantly feeling weak and tired...just not in good health at all. He has been in and out of the ER more than I can count.
April 2nd is when things went really went bad. The kids, and us as well, had been sick a week or two prior. Battling fevers and nasty colds. That night Justin was feeling pretty good, so his dad took him out to the movies. While in the movie theater watching the movie, his defibrillator fired. He left the theater and called the on call doctor. The doctor told him if he was feeling ok, to go home and just rest. If he wasn't feeling right, to go to the ER. He said he was feeling ok, just sore from the shock, so he and his dad left to come home. While on his way home with his dad, his defibrillator fired again. That was twice in one hour. He immediately had his dad drive him to the ER. That night his heart rate reached vtach 10+ times and his defibrillator fired a total of 6 times. Between 10:30pm to 4am, his defibrillator would fired about every hour to an hour and a half. Every medication they gave him that was suppose to calm his heart down, was not working. He was admitted into the hospital for 5 days that week. We had made the decision to have him put on the heart transplant list down in Indianapolis because his heart is just not improving. It is getting weaker as the years go by. There is just nothing much else his cardiologist can do for him anymore. So his cardiologist made the call to St Vincent's to get the process going.
By time he was released, we thought we had his heart rate under control to help get him through until we met with the team down in Indianapolis.
We made it a week at home before his device fired once again. He was admitted in the hospital for the night for observation. The next day he was feeling pretty good and looking pretty good, so he was released.
However, the following day, I had to call 911. His health took a major turn for the worse. His heart took a major turn for worse. Again, he was admitted into the hospital.
That following morning the doctor met with us. All through the night Justin's heart was not good. His pacemaker was non stop paceing his heart throughout the whole night. At this point there was nothing else they could do for him anymore. His heart is just in such poor condition that they no longer have the resources to help. They wanted to transfer him down to St Vincent's in Indianapolis that day where they have the resources and expertise to get him the help he desperately needs. So we made the extremely tough decision. We agreed.
He was transferred down to Indianapolis on April 18th. No one knows how long he will be down there, but talk is at least a month. He is meeting with the heart transplant team today (4-19-16) to get the process going much sooner than we thought.
Justin has been out of work since February when this all began. His health is just at the point where working is basically impossible. I work, but at a very low paying job (minimum wage). Justin was our sole income as he made so much more than I do.
With everything he's been through and our children being sick on and off, I have missed a lot of work lately. I also am expecting our third child who is due May 28th. I have been experiencing contractions for about 2 months. My doctors are VERY worried this baby is trying to come early. So I am also now on tight restrictions to try and help prevent this little one from arriving too soon.
Our finances have took a MAJOR hit and are now at rock bottom. Everything we had saved back for emergencies is now gone.
We are struggling, bad. Not only financially, but physically and mentally as well. This is so hard on us all. It was very unexpected. It breaks my heart hearing our children ask for their Daddy and why he is not home.
We are hoping and praying that he will be home before our third child arrives next month, but with how serious things have become, we are scared that he will not be home in time."
Here's a more detailed description of everything going on from Ashley herself:
"Justin had a heart attack back in July 2014. His heart has been in very poor condition since. He had a pacemaker/defibrillator implanted in October 2014.
In February of this year, his defibrillator fired for the first time. Meaning his heart rate reached 260+ and his pacemaker failed to pace it back down. He was home alone with our 2 young children as I was at work. Not even a week later it fired for a second time. Ever since he has been having multiple episodes a day where his heart rate elevates to the point his device almost fires. It has greatly decreased his ability to do much of anything. He has a VERY hard time playing with our 4yr old daughter and 2yr old son, walking is a chore, he's constantly feeling weak and tired...just not in good health at all. He has been in and out of the ER more than I can count.
April 2nd is when things went really went bad. The kids, and us as well, had been sick a week or two prior. Battling fevers and nasty colds. That night Justin was feeling pretty good, so his dad took him out to the movies. While in the movie theater watching the movie, his defibrillator fired. He left the theater and called the on call doctor. The doctor told him if he was feeling ok, to go home and just rest. If he wasn't feeling right, to go to the ER. He said he was feeling ok, just sore from the shock, so he and his dad left to come home. While on his way home with his dad, his defibrillator fired again. That was twice in one hour. He immediately had his dad drive him to the ER. That night his heart rate reached vtach 10+ times and his defibrillator fired a total of 6 times. Between 10:30pm to 4am, his defibrillator would fired about every hour to an hour and a half. Every medication they gave him that was suppose to calm his heart down, was not working. He was admitted into the hospital for 5 days that week. We had made the decision to have him put on the heart transplant list down in Indianapolis because his heart is just not improving. It is getting weaker as the years go by. There is just nothing much else his cardiologist can do for him anymore. So his cardiologist made the call to St Vincent's to get the process going.
By time he was released, we thought we had his heart rate under control to help get him through until we met with the team down in Indianapolis.
We made it a week at home before his device fired once again. He was admitted in the hospital for the night for observation. The next day he was feeling pretty good and looking pretty good, so he was released.
However, the following day, I had to call 911. His health took a major turn for the worse. His heart took a major turn for worse. Again, he was admitted into the hospital.
That following morning the doctor met with us. All through the night Justin's heart was not good. His pacemaker was non stop paceing his heart throughout the whole night. At this point there was nothing else they could do for him anymore. His heart is just in such poor condition that they no longer have the resources to help. They wanted to transfer him down to St Vincent's in Indianapolis that day where they have the resources and expertise to get him the help he desperately needs. So we made the extremely tough decision. We agreed.
He was transferred down to Indianapolis on April 18th. No one knows how long he will be down there, but talk is at least a month. He is meeting with the heart transplant team today (4-19-16) to get the process going much sooner than we thought.
Justin has been out of work since February when this all began. His health is just at the point where working is basically impossible. I work, but at a very low paying job (minimum wage). Justin was our sole income as he made so much more than I do.
With everything he's been through and our children being sick on and off, I have missed a lot of work lately. I also am expecting our third child who is due May 28th. I have been experiencing contractions for about 2 months. My doctors are VERY worried this baby is trying to come early. So I am also now on tight restrictions to try and help prevent this little one from arriving too soon.
Our finances have took a MAJOR hit and are now at rock bottom. Everything we had saved back for emergencies is now gone.
We are struggling, bad. Not only financially, but physically and mentally as well. This is so hard on us all. It was very unexpected. It breaks my heart hearing our children ask for their Daddy and why he is not home.
We are hoping and praying that he will be home before our third child arrives next month, but with how serious things have become, we are scared that he will not be home in time."
Organizer and beneficiary
Mary Miles Hunt
Organizer
Elkhart, IN
Ashley Snodgrass
Beneficiary
