Josh Graves Spinal Injury
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This Gofundme page was created and set up for Josh by a third party :
If you have not heard the news, Josh Graves of Dawsonville, Ga. suffered a severe spinal injury recently from a motorcycle accident. Josh is described by his friends and familey as "very fit," and active his whole life. Motorcycles were second nature to him.
Accidents happen, and so does errors in judgement.
Josh was enjoying an afternoon ride on a dirt-bike after work on Saturday, September 24, 2016, and that's when the accident happened. Josh is a very exsperienced rider, yet when he jumped the target hill on the bike, the jump went tragically wrong. Joshs spine took a full impact. It was a 15-20 foot seated position fall.
He knew instantly when he hit that somthing was terribly wrong. He suffered excruciating pain for close to an hour laying in the dirt and heat waiting on medical transport to arrive.
Unfortunately that was only the beginning of this tragedy. Josh went under the knife for a six hour surgery to try and rebuild his spine that evening. The surgeons removed fragmented bone from T12, and L1 and L2. This part of the spine effects the lower part of your body including bowel and bladder. Clearly, this will be a long and painful recovery for Josh and his family. The future is unknowable in terms of all the damage that was suffered. His ability to lead the life he had known prior to the accident is questionable at best.
What is known however, is this:
Josh and his family will need your help!
He obviously will not be able to return to work for a while. His household is now absent his income, where he was supporting two young boys and a girlfriend. Expenses are already mounting. He has NO Insurance, and his girlfriend Melissa works as a waitress and will need much of her time to care for the children and to assist in Josh's recovery. The recovery will be long, and painful, and they may well be excruciating high, acute, and chronic pain as Josh mounts the physical and mental challenge ahead. It's very likely that Josh will not even see his home for several months due to the intense rehab ahead. Moreover, If he is wheelchair bound there is the prospect that he may need to move his family as his current home is not wheelchair accessible.
Joshes family needs help to raise money among anyone who is willing to help with the associated cost of recovery and the household expenses. Josh or Melissa did not ask me to make this GoFundMe page, and I did not ask them if I could make it, because I'm not sure they would approve. Nevertheless, Im sure any reasonable person could not look away from the impending need this young familey has.
Once this Gofundmepage is built Im going to share it on Melissas FaceBook and my hope is that the people will reshare this story.
Therefore, I have set a Goal of 20k, but I'm certain expenses will far exceed this modest goal.
Josh and Melissa and the boys live a very simple life, nothing extravagant...I am certain, because of the people they are, that they would greatly appreciate your help.
I am asking you to "make a very personal and direct contribution'' to help them. I am asking you to help their family with what you can. Please help them in any way you can to resume a semi-normal life during this recovery.
Please look into your heart and give what you can.
Please also share Josh's story. Your thoughts and prayers are very much appreciated.
If you have not heard the news, Josh Graves of Dawsonville, Ga. suffered a severe spinal injury recently from a motorcycle accident. Josh is described by his friends and familey as "very fit," and active his whole life. Motorcycles were second nature to him.
Accidents happen, and so does errors in judgement.
Josh was enjoying an afternoon ride on a dirt-bike after work on Saturday, September 24, 2016, and that's when the accident happened. Josh is a very exsperienced rider, yet when he jumped the target hill on the bike, the jump went tragically wrong. Joshs spine took a full impact. It was a 15-20 foot seated position fall.
He knew instantly when he hit that somthing was terribly wrong. He suffered excruciating pain for close to an hour laying in the dirt and heat waiting on medical transport to arrive.
Unfortunately that was only the beginning of this tragedy. Josh went under the knife for a six hour surgery to try and rebuild his spine that evening. The surgeons removed fragmented bone from T12, and L1 and L2. This part of the spine effects the lower part of your body including bowel and bladder. Clearly, this will be a long and painful recovery for Josh and his family. The future is unknowable in terms of all the damage that was suffered. His ability to lead the life he had known prior to the accident is questionable at best.
What is known however, is this:
Josh and his family will need your help!
He obviously will not be able to return to work for a while. His household is now absent his income, where he was supporting two young boys and a girlfriend. Expenses are already mounting. He has NO Insurance, and his girlfriend Melissa works as a waitress and will need much of her time to care for the children and to assist in Josh's recovery. The recovery will be long, and painful, and they may well be excruciating high, acute, and chronic pain as Josh mounts the physical and mental challenge ahead. It's very likely that Josh will not even see his home for several months due to the intense rehab ahead. Moreover, If he is wheelchair bound there is the prospect that he may need to move his family as his current home is not wheelchair accessible.
Joshes family needs help to raise money among anyone who is willing to help with the associated cost of recovery and the household expenses. Josh or Melissa did not ask me to make this GoFundMe page, and I did not ask them if I could make it, because I'm not sure they would approve. Nevertheless, Im sure any reasonable person could not look away from the impending need this young familey has.
Once this Gofundmepage is built Im going to share it on Melissas FaceBook and my hope is that the people will reshare this story.
Therefore, I have set a Goal of 20k, but I'm certain expenses will far exceed this modest goal.
Josh and Melissa and the boys live a very simple life, nothing extravagant...I am certain, because of the people they are, that they would greatly appreciate your help.
I am asking you to "make a very personal and direct contribution'' to help them. I am asking you to help their family with what you can. Please help them in any way you can to resume a semi-normal life during this recovery.
Please look into your heart and give what you can.
Please also share Josh's story. Your thoughts and prayers are very much appreciated.
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Joshua Graves
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Cleveland, GA