Help for Bridget

(Bridget is currently posting updates herself) Updated goal to $4,500 since this has been an ongoing need and fundraiser was created 2/2021. 

My name is Sean Hauck. Bridget Raab has been a good friend of mine for 5 years. This fundraiser could potentially be lifesaving so please read. She's tired of asking for help and embarrassed and is losing hope. It's hard for her to keep writing her symptoms so myself and friends are doing it for her with her approval. She still needs a lot more help than she lets on. Even a simple phone call she has to have others make for her due to infections and brain atrophy. I'll go into detail more about what she's going through but she's good at hiding how bad off she is.Bridget puts others before herself even on days she says she thinks she's dying. I've never met anyone so strong, determined, and selfless all while dealing with what she can only describe as a "torturous hell" that she can't find the words for. Don't get me wrong, there are days she takes just for herself but that's usually when she's having motor function issues and can barely speak and has no other option. She says she feels like her cells are dying but can't explain it, her brain symptoms and other symptoms cause her to be able to do next to nothing. She is mostly bedridden or housebound but over the years she's been able to do a little more after lots of various treatments. She's described symptoms as much more than things like depression, anxiety, derealization and brain fog, although she has all of those. Anxiety and depression are feelings she couldn't have for years because her brain was so damaged from Lyme, coinfections, followed by a bad car accident along with secondary issues. It's been 9 years she's suffered. This has impacted every area of her life. Even things many do easily she has trouble with. For example keeping friendships and even dating has been very difficult for her since many don't understand her limitations since she looks healthy and certain parts of her brain work which makes her come across as extremely intelligent at times. Other areas of her brain don't work at all so it's hard to see and understand her lack of brain function. On top of that she sadly may have lost the chance of having kids. She's been unable to work after the accident and lyme diagnoses which is when her "seizures, temporary paralysis, blindness that would come and go and forgetting her own name along with horrific pain from head to toe and not knowing what her dog was and felt like her brain was going to explode along with symptoms such as hallucinating and other symptoms, even worse is that she can't find the words for her brain torture aside from being tortured in hell" (all her words). Many of these symptoms have eased up luckily but she still needs help. She recently was diagnosed with Babesia so maybe new protocols will help so she can return to a more functional lifestyle. It's so hard to imagine the suffering she goes through and very few people, even those with similar health conditions can't relate to her symptoms because there different just like everyone else's. People constantly tell her to retrain her brain which doesn't work due to the parts of her brain that have been turned off. She's tried. She tells me of people constantly on her case about "simply fixing her brain" which causes her to break down and freak out when people don't get she can't do typical things. Trust me when I say she's been ahead of the game for years and was telling people about brain retaining 6 years ago along with other things such as the Lyme-mold connection which she's addressed so please no medical advice unless she asks. She's helped so many get better but feels she's still deteriorating after what felt like a reinfection early 2020. Right now it's imperative that she gets her out of pocket meds paid along with doctor fees. She hopes that at some point treating the babesia will help her be able to clear lyme, which may be the missing link. She gets little in disability and can barely cover basic cost of living fees much less all the out of pocket treatments. Please help if you can and if not please share. 

She's seeing her Dr soon so hopefully a new plan addressing Babesia will help. If not, she's considering a different route which would include traveling to a different state. If it comes to that, this will be updated.