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Update flooded out 21st & 22nd surgery

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UPDATE FLOODED OUT Wow ive been flooded out.  So I am a part of the flood of 2022 All of the wood from Yellowstone has floated down the river and now there's very few sticks of molding left. my lincoln Navigator had water to the center of the stirring wheel.  my camper had 2 and a 1/2 feet of water inside of it my boat was floating I saw it on the 530 news.l as i was laying in a hospital bed  I have to move, buy a new car,, buy new stuff and on top of all of this this. I have had 2 more surgeries and my toe amputated. That help you have given has been  amazing and i thsnk you all from the bottom of my heart. But now i am in a world of hurt, now than ever; I can't believe all of this.  Please help if you can as this is absolutely horrible  I had between 46 and 52" of water at the front door of the house.. Everything is lost. Thank you all very much for the prayers and more wishes

 I just had my 20th surgery they removed all of my titanium plates, all of the broken ones too,  all of the screws and the screws that were floating around in my abdomen. they also remove parts of 8 of my ribs So I pretty much don't have any ribcage strength on my left side whatsoever.  I ended up with over 40 breaks in 8 ribs with 5 ribcage surgeries and we never figured out why I keep breaking ribs for no reason and breaking titanium plates time after time. that means I will never build again as it's the end of the old faithful inn picture frames. And furniture. I have to start a new career  We did so much good with old faithful inn as more than a 1,000,000 pounds has been diverted from the landfill.. $414,000 raised for different charities off of the items I built and donated as a steward of old faithful inn. The Inn itself is in all 50 States and 22 countries around the world. It's been an amazing ride and I've been honored to be a part of such a historic structure but.I cannot build anymore. So I'm at the beginning of a 6 month recovery aftrr my 20th surgery in 4 years before I can really do anything. Most people don't live through 20 surgeries in a lifetime and I've done it in 4 years and they're not light duty surgeries.. At this point I've utilized all of my resources and I really need some help to get through the next 6 months.  I have a plan for my next career as it will be for the love of hot springing.  I want to write books that tell about the medicinal aspects of going hot Springing and how I can help in sharing my experience. Thank you all for considering to help as every dollar means the world to me. thank you truly doesn't express my gratitude to everyone for all of the kind words and support to keep me positive on the bad days. it's time to move forward after all of this. thank you all.
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  • Ginger Morris
    • $100
    • 2 yrs
  • JO BECK
    • $25
    • 2 yrs
  • Dave Hopkins
    • $250
    • 2 yrs
  • Britta Krause
    • $500
    • 2 yrs
  • Erika Evert
    • $25
    • 2 yrs
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Rich Holstein
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Laurel, MT

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