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Help Brendan Velasquez survive endocarditis
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Hello my name is Brendan Velasquez. On September 8th I was admitted to Ascension St. Thomas in Nashville. Long story short, I had an abscess that was infected with MRSA. The infection went into my blood and gram positive bacteria settled on a valve of my heart. Finally after 4 procedures and days of wondering what was going on I was diagnosed with endocarditis. If I was any later checking into the hospital this could have been fatal. 2/3 of people diagnosed with this need heart surgery right away, or within 5 years. I was in the hospital for 8 days being pumped full of antibiotics, having blood drawn everyday and endured multiple panic attacks. My veins are shot. My body is sore and upon discharge I had a picc line installed on my right arm. I have to administer antibiotics once a day to myself intravenously for the next 6 weeks to hopefully make a full recovery. To add insult to Injury I was fired from my job by text message while laying in the hospital bed. I have no income, a ridiculous car payment and impending medical bills. I am anxious, scared and I have no idea how I’m going to make it through to the other side. Any amount of help would be greatly appreciated. The money will be used for living expenses and medical bills which have already exceed well over 100,000$. Thank you for your love and support
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Joseph Velasquez
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Nashville-Davidson, TN