My name is Tiffany. I have 2 young children (a 4 year old and almost 3 year old) and a loving Husband. My Husband sustained an injury to his shoulder two years ago working as a Firefighter. He had his surgeries and physical therapy covered through work and then once he had healed, came back to work only to discover his shoulder could no longer perform at 100% or at least not enough to ensure his own safety or his fellow coworkers. He lost his job shortly after he returned back to work. Since then, he has been able to work some desk jobs, but not enough to support the family, cover healthcare or pay the bills. We are both out of work and submitting our resumes on a daily basis, all while raising our children with help from family, but even they can only help so much. Earlier this past year he started to realize that he was losing strength again in the repaired shoulder. It has got to a point where he feels like something is shredding in his shoulder by the end of they day and the pain is gut wrenching. For his physical health and to remain an active part of the family, he tries not to take the prescribed pain killers unless the pain is unbearable. Unfortunately, pain killers are his only current option.
The orthopedic surgeon who performed his initial surgery wants $250 up front just to see him, and it kills me that we can't come up with that much after groceries/diapers/gas/etc. We as a family, need my Husband to be back in good health again. He is our hero and we hate to see him in so much pain. He and I have already agreed that we won't be getting Christmas presents for one another this year so the kids can have a good Christmas, and to be honest, all I really want is for him to find out what's causing this new pain and loss of function as well as to give him back the gift of a working arm. I'm asking for $500 to cover both initial visit costs as well as follow up costs to get us to tax season when we can hopefully work out a better plan with the surgeon.

Wish Info

• Posted: Dec 4, 2011 10:10 pm
  Granted: Dec 16, 2011

• Member: bitiloli
• Member Since: Dec 4, 2011
• Wishes Granted: 2 times

• Raised: $200.00 Goal: $500.00
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• City: Fayetteville
• State: Georgia
• Country: United States

• Type: Need
• Wish is for: Self
• Category: Medical & Healthcare
• Cause: Mobility and Physical Impairments

• Views: 621
• Comments: 5
• Follows: 0