Help support Marilyn Jo's third Surgery and Recovery

Update…after two failed surgeries for herniated disc repair, we are back at the hospital for surgery number three. A full fusion of the vertebrae this time. 3-5 more days in the hospital and a couple more months off of work. Please help!!

I'm Paul, and I'm the boyfriend of Marilyn Jo. A wonderful, selfless single mother of four. For the last two years, she's been dealing with excruciating pain from a severely herniated disc and sciatica. She finally had back surgery a month ago that failed. She has to have a second back surgery, and can barely get out of bed at this point. She's a substitute teacher in her kids' district and has pretty much been out of work since June dealing with this. Now with the second surgery, it's going to be a couple more months before she can work. And that's if the surgery works this time. I'm doing what I can to help, but I can't cover both households financially. And did I mention her 49-year-old furnace is failing? It needs to be replaced this year. We hate asking, but anything you can do to help would mean more than anything!