Danny Brown Medical Expenses

From Heather

It hasn’t even been 36 hours since Danny almost died, and the enormity of this situation is really starting to hit me. He’s going to be in the hospital for a LONG time, and then in rehab. The outpouring of support for us has been amazing. Everyone immediately asks what they can do for us, and I have struggled to accept most of the offers because I don’t know what we exactly need. I am at Danny’s bedside and just go home to take a quick shower because I can’t bear to be away from him. We’ve been together 22 years. Our 18th anniversary is on April 4th. He’s my best friend.

 

Many people want to visit him, and since he’s in the Trauma ICU, visitors are restricted. He also does not look like Danny at the moment, and he’s intubated and heavily sedated. He wouldn’t want everyone to see him like this. I struggle to see him like this. I finally got a couple hours of sleep, and when I woke up and remembered what happened and looked at him, I immediately broke down and cried. I would prefer if we held off on many visitors until he is more stable and able to talk. I also want to try to minimize his risk of contracting Covid or the flu in his fragile state.

 

My mom, Jon, and Chelsea have been taking care of the girls. They’re pretty self-sufficient, but they need transportation in the afternoons home from Pepper Geddings. I’m sure they could use some help since we are going to be doing this for a long time. Also, Anna loves to cook, but sometimes it’s too much to do that with her playing volleyball on Mondays and Wednesdays. With our dietary restrictions it’s hard to find a lot of quick but healthy and gluten free and mostly dairy free dinner ideas. We don’t eat fast food, and with cheese not really an option, pizza is not feasible. That could be one way we need help. We could also probably use some help with people filling in to stay at the house overnight with Anna, Abi, and Rio.

 

I have really good health insurance, but I know this hospital stay and then his stay in rehab will add up fast. We have been trying to sell our other motorcycle for a while now, so if we can do that, I’ll be really relieved to have some extra in savings and not be making payments on it anymore. If you know anyone looking to buy a Harley, let Jon or I know please and we can get you the details.

 

I feel like I’m rambling, but I’ve only had about 3.5 hours of sleep since Saturday. People say to go home and rest, but I can’t shut my brain off and I can’t be away from Danny. So, please forgive me if I can’t find my words when I talk to you or if I tell you the same thing more than once. Hopefully after these surgeries there will be a little less activity in the hospital room and I can get used to sleeping here regardless of all the beeping machines and footsteps in the hall. I don’t know how much time I can take off from work, but hopefully it will be enough to carry me through these more difficult and precarious weeks.

 

Thank you again to everyone from the bottom of my heart. Please pray hard today as Danny has his surgeries. Hopefully once these initial surgeries are over his body can really begin to heal. We love y’all.