Denton Officer Urbano Rodriguez Fundraiser

Last October, Denton Officer Urbano (Urban) Rodriguez kissed his wife and children good bye on his way out the door for the overnight shift.  A few hours later, his wife was woken up to a knock at the door with the devastating news every police spouse fears and a nightmare he and his young family have not woken up from since.  Urban was shot twice--once in the head and once in the leg, just because he pulled someone over for a routine traffic stop. Their journey since has been a story of unbelievable suffering--Urban had a portion of his skull removed to reduce the swelling in his brain during the original surgery to remove as many of the bullet fragments as possible, and was without this piece of his skull for months as he endured multiple infections and further brain surgeries.  The skull was then replaced by a titanium plate, another surgery.  Due to all of the trauma to his brain, his body was no longer able to process the spinal fluid from settling into his brain, so he had to endure yet another surgery to install a shunt into his brain.  He has also had a metal rod inserted all the way down his leg to replace his shattered femur.  After all of this, he has been left with a life altering, catastrophic Traumatic Brain Injury and paralysis on his right side.  All of this because he pulled over a car doing his job, protecting the citizens of Denton.  Now that he and his family are back in Texas after several months out of state saving his life, the needs are many.  We are raising funds to help Urban, his wife and their two small children.  This fundraiser is being organized by Urban's sister-in-law, and all funds will go directly to Urban and his family.  Thank you so much for your support of this hero!

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