Gotta Get an Ottobock Leg for Rory

At 6'4" Rory towers over many men. He is a gentle giant. When he walked down the hall in high school, he was always stopped by girls for hugs.

One day in April the charley horse he had in the back of his leg was killing him, and he walked into the ER, hoping to find relief. Little did he know that the pain in his leg really was killing him. His femoral artery was hardened (clotted) from above his hip to his foot. Over the next 5 days, after heroic surgical efforts were made by the very best vascular surgeon and cardiologist, to save his life and his leg, it was determined that he required bypass surgery and a right leg amputation above the knee.

In the ICU after surgery, Rory’s concern for others endured as he cracked jokes to put his family at ease. The next morning he was up and walking the hall with a walker; His treatment team amazed at he's indomitable spirit.

Because his crisis work as a contractor is seasonal, Rory has been out of work for nearly 6 months, and he has no health insurance. In addition to his high blood pressure, while he was hospitalized, he was diagnosed with diabetes and a hypercoagulation disorder. The hospital pharmacy stepped up and gave him one month's supply of the seven medications he needed, a local medical equipment company generously provided him with a wheelchair and a walker, to take home. A home health agency provided him with one physical therapy home visit, but many other requirements weren't covered. Diabetes testing equipment, education, and ongoing follow up weren't covered. Wound care supplies and instructions weren't provided, and the hospital rehab facility, where he should have received several weeks of rehab, told him they don't take charity cases. Six days after his leg amputation, he was discharged home without consultation with his surgeons or family.

Along with his faith that God is almighty and in control, his hope that he can get a robotic leg (the cool kind that lets you do lots of things), and return to a near normal life, sustains him.

Please help him obtain that dream, pay off his medical bills (which already exceed $330,000), seek ongoing medical care, medications, adaptive equipment, education, therapy, and meet other expenses to support him until he can stand up, walk and return to work.

Thank you for your kind consideration of this request. We appreciate you.