Mold remediation and detox

Hi, my name is Emily Ryon and I’m doing something I never thought I’d actually go through with - I’m fundraising for myself and my family.

Almost four years ago my husband started experiencing chronic, debilitating foot pain. The pain started in his pinky toe and over the years has progressed to extreme 24/7 pain in both of his feet. He has been to every doctor, western and eastern. Has had every test, scan, study imaginable. Has tried more care plans than we can count - with no answer and never any relief. Not even .000001%.

At one point we were told it may be mold illness. In 2021 we hired a company to come out and assess our crawlspace and they said they found a bit of mold. We had that remediated. My husband's symptoms didn't improve.

Present day. A few months ago I decided to find my husband (yet another) new doctor to go over his story with and long story short - she thinks his symptoms are absolutely mold related. Bloodwork and further testing later confirmed this.

After hearing the mold/illness theory and now having two children with possible mold related illnesses, I jumped in head first. I ordered an ERMI test ($270) and sampled our home for mold. Our results came back really bad and with a note at the bottom that read "Re-occupancy is ill-advised until further remediation and reassesment are conclusive."

We had an inspector out ($425) the next day to (hopefully) find the source of the mold in our home. He found one large source of mold while there and the remediation for that will be around $10,000. Along with that remediation, all of our carpet needs to be removed and manufactured wood flooring installed (around $8,000). The bad news here though is that per our ERMI results, the source of the mold the inspector found was not our only source and there was clearly more mold to be found.

My husband and I wound up finding another major source of mold two days later. The remediation for that was completed as of today. Total cost after completion will be around $5,000.

In the process we've had to buy an air scrubber ($461), a HEPA vacuum ($545), a fogger and concentrate ($183). We have a very long road ahead of us as far as cleaning our home goes and eventually retesting to make sure we've removed all of the mold. We've been out of the house since June 13th when the first phase of remediation started and won't be able to return until the majority of the whole home remediation is completed, furnishing/possessions are removed and new flooring is installed.

One of the biggest future costs will be due to the fact that everything in our home that can't be cleaned, will need to be replaced. I'm unable to predict the costs associated with cleaning, replacing, and retesting but it will be extremely high.

As far as the medical costs go, we've spent $2,800 so far. This is on mycotoxin testing, organic acids testing, NAET treatments, supplements, doctor's visits and bloodwork. We have only just begun the process of detoxing from mold and unfortunately our entire family myself and my two children included, not just my husband, are dealing with the ramifications of living in mold for who even knows how long.

We are a single income family and the financial burden this has caused us is catastrophic. It feels quite embarrassing to ask for help but, I've never judged anyone else for asking SO here I am, humbly asking for help. Any amount small or large, my family and I would be so grateful and appreciative.