Help for double foot amputation
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Hello my name is Cory Cantello and I am raising funds for an unexpected double amputation of my feet.
Issues started in July 2022 I had a sore on my toe and being diabetic I feared infection so I went to the hospital. Was told at that time I had a broken toe. They gave me antibiotics and I went home and did wound care. Sore got better with the wound care but issues were not on the outside it was what was growing unseen on the inside. Now jump ahead to October 2022 beginning of the month I started losing energy and felt drained but brushed it off to my allergies. On October 14th while trying to get out of bed I fell because of my lack of energy and ended having EMS take me to the ER. They determined I had both blood and bone infections in my system. Since that time I have been through 4 surgeries for amputations of my feet. At this point I am currently waiting to be transferred to rehab to learn to walk again. I have a mid foot amputation on my left foot (removed all toes and part of foot also part of the side of the foot removed) and on the right foot they removed the first 2 toes and part of the side this was in an effort to remove all of the bone infection.
My current status is waiting on finding a rehab location to learn to walk again on what's left of my feet (I have not stood up since October 14th) the blood and bone infections are clear but still have 4-6 weeks at rehab to also run antibiotics to make sure the infections are truly gone.
I am an uber driver as a full time job and without working I have no income coming in and the regular monthly bills and medical bills are piling up. Currently $4k behind on my regular bills and the hospital bills are at $30k with over a month to go.
My goal is to get out of rehab get home and get back to work even with the amount of the bills climbing I am only asking for $10k to get back on my feet and to start the payments on all the medical bills. Every little bit helps and I thank everyone in advance for their help.
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Cory CANTELLO
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Kyle, TX