Helping Will cover expenses from head injury

My story: On Wednesday December 27th, I went for a late-afternoon run, like I normally do. Like a bad dream, my next memory is waking up in Neurocritical ICU at Harborview more than two days later.

My medical team told me that I was hit by a car and my head hit the pavement, fracturing my skull and creating an epidural hematoma (brain bleed).

I was discharged from the hospital after three days in critical condition, and my healing journey officially began. The first few days were the scariest, as I was no longer in the safety net of the hospital.

I'm grateful beyond words for everyone who came and kept me company in that first week of new vulnerability. This support helped ground me in the familiar, and embrace placing my whole focus on just taking small baby steps - and allow these (at first) small efforts to compound over time.

My medical team keeps reminding me that brain injuries are a marathon, not a sprint. The patterns/habits that I establish in these early months are how I lay the foundation for a long and healthy life.

Why I'm holding this fundraiser: Due to the lingering chance of complications, my medical team emphasizes I must prioritize the healing process above all else. Among other things, this means no full-time work for months.

This lost income since 12/27 means that I have no income in the near-term to pay huge medical bills - and of course regular bills don't stop.

Anything you can contribute goes a long way - including small donations - and means the world to me. I'm more determined than ever to make this recovery, not the injury, the defining time in my life.

Broken but unbowed: My healing journey so far has taught me so much about what's truly important. Many abilities I took for granted are currently on indefinite pause: driving, working out, mobility, etc.

But I now see that my most important ability is choosing what I focus on. This accident is a reminder that life is short and precious. The time to love people is today, because tomorrow is never guaranteed.

Thank you for reading this, and please feel no obligation - prayers and healing energy give me overwhelming gratitude by themselves. Everything truly helps, and never doubt: the best is yet to come!

Love you all,

Will

(edited with the help of Mom and Dad)