Kayla Mathis' Medical Debt

Hi, my name is Kayla. I never thought that I would be writing something like this. But, my family and I need your help, and I don't know what else to do.

I was informed today that I am being sued for medical bills that I acquired from March of 2020 until now.

In March of 2020, Garrett, Jackson and I were moving to Omaha, NE, when I found out that I was pregnant. We were so excited! Less than a month later, I had my first miscarriage.

We were told that miscarriages are normal and that we should try again. So we did. I had another miscarriage in July and then again in November. Both of those miscarriages resulted in me needing D&C's, and the one that I had in November landed me in the hospital overnight for severe bleeding. I found out after my hospital stay that I did not have insurance.

No one could tell me what was wrong. They just said to me that there wasn't an explanation, but they didn't see any reason why I shouldn't try to have a healthy baby on my own.

We were determined to have that healthy baby. I got pregnant again in June of 2021. I was so confident this time. We started having lots of tests run to ensure that the baby and I were healthy. At one of my appointments, they told me they were worried I was having a heterotopic pregnancy, essentially healthy pregnancy in my uterus and a pregnancy growing in my ovary. So, I was taken into surgery. The doctors told me that I could lose my ovary but that they were confident nothing would happen to my normal pregnancy.

Everything in the surgery went great! I got to keep my ovary, and I was still pregnant. At my seven-week ultrasound, there was a heartbeat. Then at my 12-week ultrasound, there wasn't. They were able to test my baby for chromosomal issues this time around and found multiple gene deletions. They suspect that is why I lost my other babies as well. My Jackson is my little miracle. I was told my only option to have a healthy baby was to go through IVF. We knew we couldn't afford so we put a pin in our dream.

Since then, I have been having medical issues that were not pregnancy-related, which means more bills. Unfortunately, I didn't choose whether we would proceed with the tests or procedures as some of my issues seriously affected my health.

I was so hopeful that I would hold one of my babies. I thought that we would figure out the money stuff. We were hurting; we didn't allow ourselves to breathe and worry about finances.

I went to financial counseling through the hospital. They told me to stop the collections process; I would have to pay $600 a month. I couldn't afford that, so I was sent to collections. The collection agency told me to avoid being sued, I could pay $1000 a month until I settled the account to avoid a lawsuit. And here we are.

If you can help us, we would greatly appreciate it.