Medical and Dental Expenses For A Precious Boy

Hey everybody, my name is Casey. This is going be long to read and I am so sorry, but I wanted to add as much detail as I could. The handsome boy you see in the photos is my son William. He is 19 years old. In 2006 he was diagnosed with Autism, and Sensory Integration Dysfunction. He is nonverbal, but he sure is precious. I wish I could give him a world designed for him. He struggles greatly with sensory. He has a very hard time with things the rest of the world does not seem to notice as a big deal. For example, loud noises, thunder, rain, bright lights, the sun, high definition, textures such as grass, denim, greasy, rough, scratchy, slimy, he has a very limited diet, because food is a very big issue for a lot of people with ASD, he also has severe allergies, some life threatening. He has very high blood pressure, as well as a heart murmur that the Drs are watching very closely, along with severe gastrointestinal problems. As you can imagine, he is on daily medication to help him bear it all and ease his discomfort and treat his conditions. He isn’t able to swallow pills and the medicine he is on does not come in a liquid, therefore he chews his medicines every single night. That has contributed to the severe decline in the health of his teeth and gums. Teeth brushing is something he has a very hard time with. The stimulation overloads him, plus his poor diet has also contributed to his teeth deteriorating, along with his gastrointestinal problems. The cards are stacked against him and have always been. For the 1st 10 years of his life, he went to the dentist twice a year, every year without fail. We ended up having to change dentists right before his 10th birthday. The new dentist would only allow me to be with William for the 1st two visits. After that they wanted him to go alone. That didn’t sit well with me, but it was their policy. On his 3rd visit at the new place, he went back alone. Shortly after I could hear him in a complete panic. I ran to the back to my son. The fear in his eyes was almost more than I could take. He was in fight or flight mode in that moment. He broke the dental chair trying to get out of there. According to the nurse and dentist they don’t know what set him off. They also claim there wasn’t any video footage for me to see for myself. The dentist was very irritated, as was the nurse . He said if my son can’t behave, we can no longer bring him back. I was angry and hurt for my child. I offered to pay for the damages to the chair or to have it fixed. He said for us to just leave. So we did. My son has never had behavioral problems. He is very quiet, mild mannered, and has never been aggressive to this day. Something happened to him in that room that day, it has traumatized him so bad that I cannot even mention the word “Dentist”. For years I tried to take him to different ones hoping maybe just one of them he would be comfortable with. 9 years later no luck. I have called countless Dentist across the state and surrounding states. I have emailed and sent more letters than I can even count. I have circulated social media posts many many times asking for help. The last time I attempted to get him inside a dentist office, the second he realized I was pulling into the office he bolted from the car while it was still moving. It’s heartbreaking to see my precious sweet beautiful boy in such a state of fear and I can’t make it better. That’s my job as his mother is to protect him. I let him down. Fast forward to today the persistence has finally paid off. I was contacted today by Dr. Kurtzmans office in Marietta, Ga. The sweetest lady ever called and told me help is on the way. She let me know as best as she could how it works, and the cost. Between my sons disability insurance and the dental insurance I have on him through my work, those 2 will cover the hospital stay and the anesthesia. Which is a huge amount, that’s half the battle! Unfortunately I am a single mom, which makes me a one income household, raising 2 children. I do the very best that I can. I sign up for every single extra shift I can but it still won’t be enough to keep the roof over our heads, and pay for the “cosmetic “ dentistry. Even though it isn’t really cosmetic. They will be salvaging and correcting his teeth as best as they can. They are so fragile, broken, and abscessed. The cost is very high. The visits alone are $250 each and there will be 3 of them prior to the dental surgery. All of the work on every single tooth will be 100% out of pocket. I cannot even fathom that amount of money. Although I work full time during the week, plus sign up to work every weekend I can, it’s still more money than I could ever bring in by myself. Not to mention having to miss work for the days I will be out of work, and caring for my son during recovery. I will figure all that out somehow. But my main concern is to save every extra penny I can spare, start making weekly payments to the dental office directly, until I have enough for atleast a down payment, and then I will beg them if I have to, to let me make payments on the rest and I will find a way to make every single payment, there isn’t a price I wouldn’t pay to improve the quality of my child’s life and make him feel so much better, there isn’t anything that I wouldn’t do to make this happen for him. I will give them the title to my car to hold until I pay them off, whatever I have to do, if they will just help my baby. I am not above asking for help when it comes to the needs of my children and now is one of those times. My son needs help, and it’s kills me to say that I can’t help him by myself, therefore I need help. If anyone would like to donate, you can here or you can directly to Dr Kurtzman’s office in Merietta, Ga for William Turner’s account if that is more comfortable for you, I also have Cashapp $Ckinc718 .If you are not able to help financially, I completely understand, I just ask that you keep my baby in your prayers, and share this as often as you can. We are on schedule in a few months so that gives me some time to try and pull any resource I can to come up with the money. But she said we are at the top of the cancellation list, so they could literally call tomorrow and I have to be prepared for that first trip, which will be followed by the final two shortly after. Please share this as often as you can so that it gets far and wide. Thank you so very much, from my entire heart. I would also like to ask that you do not make an “anonymous “ donation, because I would love so much to be able to reach out to you personally to say thank you.