A Plea for Help, Really Bad Times Have Hit Me and my Family [View All]

[TexasLady]

Firstly, I need to post the following from Skinner:

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Here goes:

Around the end of Jan. and the first two weeks of Feb., I was in awful pain in my left calf. Four visits to the ER, and each doctor kept saying it was sciatic nerve. On the 13th of Feb, the pain was so awful, I would rather choose giving birth to having that kind of torture. Apparently, it was because there was NO blood going to my leg. My foot went cold and numb and purple. On Valentine's Day, I had surgery to try and save my left leg, because I had several blood clots in my
artery in my thigh. After three awful surgeries and more than one week later,
I lost my leg on Feb. 22. I recovered for about 2 1/2 more weeks before being sent home.

The problem is that my income of course, became zero, and my husband's dropped significantly time I was in the hospital as well as recovering. I am at a loss, because we are on the verge of losing our home now. A friend was going to do
a benefit for us, but apparently it isn't happening. I don't know what else
to do, except to see if there is ANY way I can ask for help here at DU. I don't even know how to go about it, exactly. So far I have emailed Skinner, and another good friend here. I can absolutely show that these things have happened, if anyone needs to see that. I have been here at DU for a good while now, and have met many great people here, and many more I would love to meet!

The mortgage is behind about 2400 dollars, thanks to late fees, insurance, and being behind about 3 months. We can't even finish the ramp up to the house, because we are trying to save our money to try and send something to the mortgage folks. My husband still has to help me up and down the ramp until we can afford the concrete leading to the car. It's gravel, and a pain to maneuver through with a wheelchair.

I have three kids still at home, and I am just really scared of losing our home. There are a few smaller bills but so far we have managed to hold them off.

Im more than happy to answer any questions, just send them to me in a DU pm.

(I have no idea if I am allowed to post anywhere else on the forum, because I forgot to ask.)
TexasLady

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