Help with medical bills after emergency
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FUNDRAISER DETAILS: A medical emergency has depleted all our savings and emergency funds. We're still struggling with the financial impact of thousands in medical bills from a severe break my daughter suffered. My 11yo daughter was playing leapfrog in the front yard with her friends. When it was her turn to leap, she fell, landed wrong and broke both bones in her left forearm. The seriousness of the break required us to take an ambulance to the emergency room. Doctors aligned one bone without much trouble, but the second bone had an S-shaped break broken in two places with shards. It needed more complicated procedures to repair. We've had to travel more than an hour from home to see a pediatric orthopedic surgeon for the operations and will have to travel more for another procedure. We've also had to pay higher copays ($75 per visit) to see her surgeon, who is considered a specialist and the added costs of various therapies, some minimally covered by insurance. The added healthcare costs, including travel, car maintenance, copays and prescription medications, have dried up our emergency funds and cleaned out savings it took years to build. This fundraiser is for funds to pay medical bills and prescription costs. This request will also help pay for other costs, including but not limited to: the city ambulance costs ($1,096), ER doctors' charge ($267), lab services ($680) and two $500 deductibles. Thanks to your generosity, we've already been able to make payments on some medical bills, but we're still trying to reach our goal. Any donation, big or small, will help. Thank you in advance for your kindness and for helping my family. We're grateful for every donation. Please donate and share this fundraiser.
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Michele Canty
Organizer
Newport News, VA