Help Cody Complete Multiple Surgeries

Hi, My name is Jenny, and I am raising funds to help out Cody with a recent history of multiple necessary surgeries. Usually, Cody could be found fixing things—like cars for his friends and family, playing guitar, playing with his dogs, and riding a jet ski or a motocross bike...Then, about a year ago, he started feeling pain in his right hip. And now he can barely walk without extreme pain and heavy limping. He must use crutches and will have to use a walker soon.

***UPDATE***

Thanks to the rapid response of a few generous people, Cody was able to present the surgeon’s office with a portion of the down payment—enough to get approved and scheduled for surgery at the end of February!!! There are still many mountains he must climb, but because of your prayers, donations, and sharing of his story…well…some measure of relief and less suffering has been set in motion. Many of us have had miracles and angels touch our lives and all we can ever do is to PAY IT FORWARD…Here is such an opportunity. Please, if you have this link share it with your family, friends, and network. You are helping to save a life. Thank you and God bless.

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He would take time off from work to see a doctor and he had various diagnoses, most of which were made by ER doctors who saw him for 2 or 3 minutes and would declare such things as "radiculopathy" or "joint pain." When he finally convinced a doctor (after multiple ER visits) to do X-rays and an MRI, it was discovered that he was in a late stage of Vascular Necrosis.

In short, at age 34, he was told he would need a total hip replacement as the ball and socket of his hip were dying and there was a fracture in his hip. No wonder he was in excruciating pain! He had so much difficulty walking, and his job required driving and pushing large loads of paper. Cody had to start using crutches just to get around.

One day, after an ER visit, he got a call telling him he was fired. The reason: "Something to do with the time clocks." He always had a doctor's note for each absence and only took time off when he awoke in unbearable pain--for which--at the time, there was no explanation.

Cody found himself unemployed, and faced now with an impending hip surgery. He readied himself for surgery and began saving his unemployment money to pay for the out-of-pocket expenses.

One other day, he had a bad stomach-ache, and it grew steadily worse. He ended up again in the emergency room and within the hour was prepped for emergency surgery. The surgeon explained the surgery was not optional, as Cody's organs were slowly shutting down and he was entering sepsis. He ended up with a colectomy surgery, and now had to use a colostomy bag.

This surgery then delayed his hip surgery since the hardware for a new hip is extremely sensitive and if any infection fell, it would have to be removed until his body was clear--leaving him bed-ridden and hospitalized an indefinite amount of time. So the surgeon cancelled the hip surgery and Cody needed to get clearance from the other surgeon and his primary to move forward to reschedule.

In order to prepare for the hip surgery, Cody was also ordered to get a heart filter inserted, which was another procedure he had to endure. Cody is not allowed to be on any pain medication other than just Tylenol, as the surgeon doesn't want for him to have pain blocked, and then in over-confidence perhaps step too quickly or turn the wrong way--and then his hip could break without warning, causing disastrous effects and unsatisfactory surgery conditions.

Finally the hip surgery was scheduled for the day after New Year's Day, 2024. In the weeks before, Cody dealt with enormous stress and pain, and eventually developed an infection that presented as a mass. The day of his scheduled hip surgery, with IV's inserted and all the boxes checked, the surgeon saw the mass and again canceled the surgery. He explained that it would be completely unethical to perform surgery with the possibility of infection present, and Cody would have to wait even longer. NO pain meds. And the bone is shown in X-rays as rapidly deteriorating and Cody's level of pain is high and constant.

Cody had to have a surgery to remove the mass...from the same surgeon who performed his colectomy. Then he had to wait again for clearance from both that surgeon and his primary to get his hip surgery scheduled yet again.

He has not been able to find a job since most of his days are spent seeing doctors and speaking to a multitude of medical offices trying to coordinate medical procedures. And his savings has been depleted by paying for all the out-of-pocket expenses not covered by his health insurance. It is difficult for him to find a job that will take him in his current condition and with all the time he needs for visits, procedures, and surgery-related pre-op testing.

This has become a more urgent matter now, because the surgeon will not schedule a date to replace Cody‘s hip until a down payment is made. And with Cody‘s current condition, it’s going to take a very long time for him to be able to gather up that amount of money in time. Meanwhile his condition worsens daily.

Later on, he has a pending procedure to remove the heart filter, and after that, he has the colectomy reversal surgery. He will then need several weeks of physical therapy. He also continues to need colostomy supplies and will need medical supplies after the surgeries.

Cody has spent much of his career either working in delivery or repair, and as a jet-ski mechanic. His new health conditions make those jobs extremely difficult, so he now has to find a new career path and training. But the bills are still there, and piling up.

These medical developments all happened within the span of one year, and it has been a major disruption and life adjustment for Cody. He finds things to be grateful for each day--especially the talented surgeons that have kept him alive and are trying to give him back some quality of life. Once the surgeries are all complete, he can get back to work and start giving back to his community and get the chance to visit family, watch his nephew race in motocross, and live a life of gratitude.

He really could use some help from good Samaritans out there...

All together, Cody will need about $25,000 to get the surgeries paid for and started. He will need another $25,000 or more to continue with the other procedures.

We are trying to raise $50,000 for Cody.