Sean Culver recovery and rehab fund

First, and foremost, let’s talk about Sean. Sean is a loving father to Jake, 12, and Abbey, 9. He married the love of his life, Kelly, in January 2006.  They have lived in Arizona, Houston, and now Utah while Sean fulfilled his dream of becoming a pilot. He recently got a job with Delta in 2017 where he was just at the begining of his career.

He loves traveling, working out, the outdoors, but most importantly his family. 

Sean was in an accident Monday August 17th on the North Ogden Divide around 6:30 in the evening. He suffered life threatening injuries and blood loss.

He was treated on scene and transported by Lifeflight to Ogden Regional Medical Center where he was stabilized and eventually transported to the University of Utah hospital.

The injuries have been severe and unfortunately, the list has grown over the last 11 days:
 
L leg:

-Compound "floating knee" broken femur, -broken tib/fib

-Crushed foot

R leg:

-Fractured foot

Jaw:

-Broken everywhere, open laceration from ear to ear

-Pressure from this causing ear drainage

-4 strokes (fat emboli from broken long bones)

-temporal skull fracture 

-bruised spinal cord

-cracked vertebrae 

-torn carotid artery 

 
Sean has been in a coma and come to increasingly hopeful levels of awareness while they let his body heal and gauge the severity of neurological status. 

Now let’s talk about Kelly...

Kelly worked full time as an English teacher in Houston (and earned two Master’s degrees they paid cash for) plus held down the house and kids through heat and hurricanes while supporting the six figure student loan debt Sean’s education and pilot training incurred. . .


And they finally paid them off and in 2017 were able to purchase their home in Utah and move from Houston closer to their dream and families. 
 

Kelly has worked part time teaching and freelance writing/editing the past year and a half here and recently went to full time teaching and signed a contract for her formerly freelance job. . . 

While they don’t know what Sean’s medical and recovery needs will be long term, it isn’t the future financial path so much as the sheer magnitude of the bills they are going to owe 20% of now  

 
20% of the types of neuro, ortho, surgical, and so many other bills is still a harrowing figure that may rival the six figure debt they once tackled so determinedly before.

 
Any help we can give/donate will hopefully ease some of the financial burden and stress on his wife and wingman, Kelly and ultimately their whole sweet family. She will continue to balance missing work to be by Sean’s side and keep the kids happy, healthy, and active while also trying to support them financially. Any one who knows either of them knows that they are careful planners and hard workers— this isn’t a lack of preparation or irresponsibility but such bad, sad circumstances.

 

Progress and updates are at www.caringbridge.org/visit/updatesonSeanC

 

We have also set up a charitable account at America first credit union. Account # 9117557 under Culver family for those who prefer this option of donating.

or Venmo at Kelly-Culver-3