GoFundMe for Rick Sabo

As many of you know, at the end of May, Rick Sabo was involved in a horrible motorcycle accident involving a UHAUL truck making an illegal u-turn. His injuries were catastrophic requiring him to be airlifted to The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center. Unfortunately, he suffered a severe traumatic brain injury requiring a surgery called a craniotomy to relieve pressure on his brain and several broken bones including his arm, ribs, both orbital bones which will likely require additional surgeries as he embarks on a long road to recovery.  As the days pass in ICU, Rick has shown several positive signs of progress both cognitively and physically.  Despite his family being in Ohio every day since the accident, it was not until this week that his wife, Laurel and children, Ricky and Brett were able to visit on a very limited basis due to the COVID-19 Pandemic.    

Moving forward Rick will be airlifted back to Chicago this week to start rehab to be closer to family and friends at Shirley Ryan Ability Lab, the best rehab facility in the country for traumatic brain injury therapy. At this point we do not know the full extent of his medical bills, but just between near term care costs, job disruption, lodging costs, and likely long term medical needs we believe them to be substantial. This GoFundMe is being started to help assist the Sabo Family with any immediate needs to ensure Rick gets the best care and transport as well as starting his long term care fund to help with the unexpected and sobering reality of these financial expenses.  

The family is overwhelmed with the amount of love, encouragement and support they have received and thank you for the generosity provided. We will keep this page updated with his progress.